ancient egypt 2014

Primary 6

2014

Around 5500 BC people started to settle in the river banks and cultivate the land

Animals were very important and they believed that cats had magic powers to cure people.

In Ancient Egypt they believed in life after death .

The ancient Egyptians were fascinating people who settled in the Nile Valley thousands of years ago.

Egyptian civilization

developed around

the Nile valley.

By: Mirari, Ane and Maider

The Nile is one of the biggest rivers in the

world and runs along North East Africa.

Every year in July the river inundated the valley.

The ancient Egyptians learned how to canalise this water

to use it during the rest of the year to cultivate the land.

DAILY LIFE

Egyptian houses were made of mud bricks.

The streets were narrow, crowded, noisy and filthy

By:By:NoahNoah, , MaitaneMaitane andand Hodei.Hodei.

FAMILY LIFE

Education was based on money, because to go to school families have to pay. So, only the rich and only boys went to school.Women ran the family and men cultivated the land.

They liked fashion .

They wore wigs in ceremonies and gold amulets, bracelets and other ornaments.

Noble men shaved their heads.

Most clothes were made of linen.

Egyptians used no shoes, sometimes wore sandals made of leather but most of the time went barefoot.

•The Egyptians loved having fun. •In their tombs there are lots of

paintings of party scenes

Poor Egyptians relaxed at home with their families, telling stories and playing games.

Rich Egyptians offered big parties for their friends with enormous amounts of food and drinks.

Egyptians also loved hunting animals : crocodiles, hippos and birds.

To the Egyptians illnesses were caused by evil spirits

entering the body, so prayers to the Gods were important to cure people.

By:Madalen, Ugaitz and ErlantzBy:Madalen, Ugaitz and Erlantz

MEDICINE

Egyptian doctors prepared drugs

to cure diseases and also recommended rest and hygiene.

Egyptiansbelieved in the afterlife.

They prepared for the afterlife by filling their They prepared for the afterlife by filling their tombs with small and large statues of pets, tombs with small and large statues of pets, Anubis, the jackal godAnubis, the jackal god..

Temples and pyramids were a reflection of gods and pharaohs.

The pyramids were funerary monuments and the first to be built was that of Zoser.

The Pyramids of Giza are the most famous and were used as tombs for the Pharaohs

BY: Alain, Ane and Saioa

The Sphinx of Giza is a body of a lion with the head of a king or god.The sphinx has come to symbolize strength and wisdom.

By: Iraia, Jon and Zuriñe.

The ancient Egyptian language is The ancient Egyptian language is one of the oldest languages of the one of the oldest languages of the world.world.

The decipherment of hieroglyphs was made possible by of the Rosetta Stone . It was written in three ways:Hieroglyphs, Egyptian demotic script and Greek..

The Rosetta Stone was foundThe Rosetta Stone was foundin 1799 in 1799 by Napoleonic troops by Napoleonic troops in Egypt.in Egypt.

Egyptians also wrote numbers. Egyptians also wrote numbers.