ANCIENT EGYPT BY:CORMAC NIALL DARA DANIEL

The Great Pyramid  The Great Pyramid was built 4,500 years ago.  Khufu demanded to build the pyramid so people would remember him.  It took 2,000,000 blocks to make The Great Pyramid.  One block weighed as much as 400 men.  It took 20 years to make The Great Pyramid.

Tutankhamen Tutankhamen became a pharaoh at the age of 8/9. His tomb was undiscovered for 3,300 years. Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamen’s tomb in Tutankhamen died when he was 18/19. He ruled for 10 years in Egypt.

Pharaoh’s A Pharaoh was a ruler of Ancient Egypt. The Pharaohs eldest son was always trained to be a future Pharaoh. A Pharaoh always held a crook and a flail. The flail was used for beating crops. The crook stood for leadership.

The gift of the Nile  The river Nile was very important to Egypt because if it wasn’t there Egypt would be a desert.  Every year the Nile overflows and the farmers use the water to grow crops and make their houses.  You usually see markets open beside the Nile.  The Nile is the longest river in the world.

Mummies  Once a mummy was in a tomb it had to get an examination.  To be a mummy maker you had to be a top priest.  Mummies would have one big problem with their afterlife – no brain.  The organs had to be put in a canopic jars.