1. The Hidden Secrets of Ancient Egypt

2. The Nile River’s location it goes right through Egypt, Africa

3. The Nile’s delta Flows into the Mediterranean Sea It is located in Lower Egypt

4. Fun Facts about the Nile River It is the longest river in the world It is 4,180-4,184 miles long ( 6,695 KM long ) 300 cubic meters flow through the Nile a day ( 79,251.615 gallons )

5. Farming Beans ( soybeans, broad beans, etc. ) Fruit ( mainly oranges, some grapes, stone fruit, and pome fruits ) Vegetables ( tomatoes, and potatoes )

6. Farming ( continued ) Natural fiber ( cotton ) Sugar Canes Rice

7. What they mined Copper Gold Silver Iron Precious stones Salts and other minerals

8. Quarries A quarry is a large ditch like area which is a deposit of rocks/stones mined for construction projects Rocks/stones that are in Egyptian quarries are Granlte, Aswan, alabaster, diorite, marble, serpentine, porphyry, black slate, basalt, dolomite They used these rocks for tools, and for trade

9. Quarries ( continued ) Pyramids were made over the quarries

10. Papyrus A papyrus is what the Egyptians used to write on Papyrus is made out of papyrus tree and weaved together

11. What is the significance of gold So they could trade Make sarcophaguses Believed to be associated with the sun Also made for jewelry

12. The Desert ( continued ) Where were the deserts located: The Western desert- southwest Egypt The Eastern desert- northeast Egypt The Sahara desert- southwest Egypt The White desert- central Egypt

13. The Desert H ow was the desert used: To build pyramids for the kings to be buried in Mining To burry the dead

14. Major bodies of water The major bodies of water are: The Mediterranean sea The Red sea The Nile River

15. Fun Facts Pets were sometimes monkeys They only had 23 letters in their alphabet plus 700 phonetic signs Everyone traveled by only boats

16. “The Hidden secrets of ancient Egypt” Tour has sadly ended Ancient Egypt is a fascinating place, as you learned. I hope this tour has taught you the tip of the iceberg of what ancient Egypt is all about. The work and how much effort they put into everything they did shows how much they cared about what ever they did. I hope you enjoyed the tour! Tour presented by: Alexia O’Brien