1. By Nicola

2.  The Ancient Egyptians were one of the most important civilizations of the past  They were famous for tombs, monuments, mummification and pyramids  The Ancient Egyptians lived along the banks of the River Nile  They were alive around 5000 BC

3.  The farmers grew wheat, barley,vegetables,figs, melons, pomegranates and vines.  They also grew flax witch was made into linen.

4.  They hade 3 seasons.  Akhet is the flooding season.  Peret is the farming season.  Shemu is the harvest season.

5.  The Nile gave the people of Egypt a lot of food like fish.  If people wanted to travel they used the river Nile.  The river Nile 6,000 km and is the longest river in the world.  The Nile came from melting ice and snow in Ethiopia.

6.  We know what they wore. Because of the evidence in tombs  Rich people wore lots of jewellery like necklaces, ear rings, bracelets and rings.  The homes were made of mud, stones and straw. We know this because archaeologists dug them up.

7.  Hieroglyphs were Egyptian writing.  Ancient Egyptians wrote on Papyrus reeds which was made into a scroll.  To write they used thin sharp reeds.  There were more than 700 hieroglyphs in ancient Egyptian.

8.  Heket Goddess of childbirth.  Osiris God of the dead.  Ra God of the sun.  Geb God of the earth.  Nut Godess of the stars.  Shu Godess of the air.

9.  A mummy is a person who is in bandages because they are dead.  The Egyptians thought the heart was the centre of intelligence and emotion.  Canopic jars were used by ancient Egyptians to hold mummified remains