What we want to know about Egypt

How tall were the pyramids in Egypt?

• How tall were the pyramids… about 146.5 meters.

What was the Ancient Egyptian religion?• The ancient Egypt religion was called polytheistic. They said the

pharaoh was descended from all gods.

How to mummify a body?

• 1. First when a pharaoh died the body was preserved by people called embalmers.• 2.emblers tuck the body to a beautiful house were they worked.• 3.Thirdly they removed some of there inner parts of the body first. The organs were

taken out and stored in special containers called canopic jars.• 4.The hart was left in the body however, so that it could be weighed in the after life.• 5.Then they rubbed the body with special ointments and wrapped tightly with

bandages.• 6.When a body had been treated in this way it was called a mummy.• 7.The mummy was put in a coffin. The coffin was the same shape as the body, and had a

calved, painted face on it.• 8.A funeral was held by the priest In the temple.• 9.Now the coffin was then taken to pharaohs tomb.• 10.The pharaoh was buried with all there possessions for use in the journey to the next

world.

How did they get to the

What date did they discover Tutankhamun's body?

In November 1922 his tomb was found.

How did Tutankhamun die?

• The most famous Egyptian pharaoh today is, without doubt, Tutankhamun. However, before the spectacular discovery of his almost intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings in November 1922, Tutankhamun was only a little known figure of the late 18th Dynasty. But from what we have heard he died from an infected leg.

Where is Egypt?

Egypt is in the continent of Africa. Egypt is full of deserts. It is so hot! Once it reached up to 51c!!!

What did the Egyptians eat?

• The Ancient Egyptians grew cereals such as wheat and barley and many sorts of trees and other plants, and kept cattle, sheep, goats, ducks, geese and pigs. They also kept bees, fished in the River Nile and hunted the wild animals living in the delta and desert. The only trees and plants they needed but could not grow along the River Nile were those which produced spices and incense. Spices were used for flavouring their food and many other purposes, and incense was used in the Temples. These had to be imported from other countries.

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