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With the passage of over 6000 years it is very difficult for us today to obtain a complete picture about everyday life in Ancient Egypt.

The boy’s lived with their mother’s and father’s until they were married and the girls lived withtheir mother’s and father’s until they were 15-19 years old. Although life for the poor was hard in Ancient Egypt, by comparison to other societies Ancient Egypt, by comparison to other societies of the time. Even they were comparativelywell-off and had a reasonably high standard ofliving. Women were allowed to own their own homes

and the country, the men did all the washing. In ancient Egypt there was

someone called a Pharaoh. A Pharaoh was a rich and powerful king who ruled Ancient Egypt.Sometime around 5000 BC, mankind organisedhimself into city states, the first true civilization.Thanks for watching.

By Eve Johnston, Thomas Kerr,

Sarah Smyth and James Vennard

☺☺ River Nile River Nile ☺☺

• What binds Egypt together what makes its

geography distinctive is mighty River Nile that

flows the length of the country before emptying

itself into the Mediterranean sea. The fifth

century BC the famous Herodouts said that

Egypt was the gift of the Nile. The ancient

Egyptians knew how important their River was Egyptians knew how important their River was

and gave their thanks to special god of the

River named Hapi. Ripon falls maybe the

starting point of the River Nile.

By Lydia McNeill, Ryan Vennard,

Reuben Waddington and Natasha

Wright

THE PERFECT PYRAMIDSTHE PERFECT PYRAMIDS

• There are three pyramids built at Giza

for three kings called Khufu,Khafre

and Menkaure.

• The Great Pyramids were built

mainly of limestone wieghing 2.5

tonnes.The limestone came from

nearby,but parts of the interior are nearby,but parts of the interior are

made of granite from Aswan.

• There are 138 pyramids discovered in

Eygpt as of 2008.

• The pyramids of Khufu at Giza is the

largest Egyptian Pyramids.It is the

only one of the seven Wonders still in

existence.

• A pyamid contains 2,300.000 bricks.

By Kathryn McGrath, Matthew Scott, Bradlee

Steenson, Hannah Wilson and Zara Uprichard

MUMMIFICATIONMUMMIFICATION

• It takes 70 days to make a mummy.• You have to take outeverything from theinside of the body apartinside of the body apartfrom the heart.• The corpse was washedwith water.• It takes 51 days to wrap the bandages.

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By Marcus Phillippi, Rachel Paul,

Jessica Rea and Callum Young

TUTANKHAMUNTUTANKHAMUN

• What age was he when he became king ?

He became king at nine years old.

When did he die ?

He died at 18 and was found dead at 19.

When and where was he born ?When and where was he born ?

Tutankhamun was probably born at Akhetaten which was the capital city of Egypt.

What was Tutankhamun’s funeral like?

Tutankhamun died suddenly and so his burial was arranged in haste.

Quick Fact

The first of a flight of 16 descending step was found on 4 November 1922 , just in front and to the north side of the entrance to the tomb of Ramesses.the valley of the kings upper Egypt contains many of the tombs of Pharoahs from the New Kingdom, including Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great.

By Lana Hamilton, Jack Martin,

Suzy Neill and Beth Rodgers

• There are more than 8000 gods & goddesses.

• Gods rule different things.

• People thought Gods could heal other people.

• Gods controlled EVERYTHING!

P.5. Ancient Egyptian Gods P.5. Ancient Egyptian Gods

& Goddesses& Goddesses

• Gods controlled EVERYTHING!

• Egyptian goddesses & gods

where often shown with human bodies and animal heads

by Oliver, Cameron, Sophie and EliseBy Elise McClelland, Sophie

McLaughlin, Oliver Millar and

Cameron Purdy