The Ancient Egyptians. The frist Egyptians. The ancient E gyptians lived by the river N ile, in Egypt . The river Nile flooded each year and the mud it left behind was the only soil that crops could grow on. The rest of Egypt was desert so people lived close to the river. Rich and Poor. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Ancient Egyptians
The Ancient Egyptians
The frist EgyptiansThe ancient Egyptians lived by the river
Nile, in Egypt . The river Nile flooded each year and the mud it
left behind was the only soil that crops could grow on. The rest of
Egypt was desert so people lived close to the river
Rich and PoorA king, the pharaoh, ruled ancient Egypt. He was
the most important person in the country and the wealthiest. The
least important were slaves and they were also the poorest people.
everyone else fitted in between. Where in the world is Egypt?
Egypt is situated in the northeast corner of the Africa.
Covering 386,662 square miles, it is almost twice the size of
France and the twelfth largest country in Africa. To the north of
Egypt is the Mediterranean Sea, to the south is the Sudan, to the
west is Libya and to the east of Egypt is the Red Sea.
Egypt is one of the hottest and sunniest countries in the world.
It receives very little rain. The average temperature in the Nile
Valley is over one hundred degrees Fahrenheit (38 C) from May
through September. The average temperature in the region during the
coldest months of the year is in the sixties (15- 20 C).The Climate
for Egypt
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.TutankhamenTutankhamun was probably born at Akhetaten which
was the capital city of Egypt. He was born in about the year 1346
BC.
Valley of the kings
Legend has it, anyone who dares to open the tomb will suffer the
wrath of the mummy.
The pyramids are the stone tombs of Egypt's kings - the Pharaohs
and one of the world's greatest historical mysteries. They have
stood for thousands of years, filled with many hidden secrets:
clues about what life (and death) was like in Ancient
Egypt.Mountains in EgyptMount SinaiMount CatherineMount Serbal
Hashem el-TarifGebel ElbaMount Helal
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