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Researched by Tyler S.
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Basic Definitions
Egypt is a country located in the Middle East. Egypt has existed for
thousands of years. The ancient period was approximately 4000 B.C.
to 0 B.C. Ancient Egypt was an awesome place because they had a different
religion than most people in the U.S. today. They thought there was an
after life. Most people in Egypt believed this. Every day after
breakfast lunch and dinner, they said a prayer and it was usually said
by all the people in a whole town.
All of the people in Egypt had to worship Pharaohs and gods. Scientists
still think there are more Pharaohs and gods than we have found.
In the hieroglyphics record, Pharaohs would be hard to find today because
so many have already been found. If people did not worship the Pharaohs
then they were to be killed. Most people did worship the Pharaohs
though.
The Egyptians had an unusual or different way of doing most things, like their language. Their language was probably the hardest ancient language to understand because of how they wrote. The Egyptian language is a difficult one to learn, it even took a while for Egyptians to learn. Egypt worshipped more gods than any other place did.
Artifacts
The artifacts that the Egyptians made are worth so much money today because they were made of gold, diamonds and rubies. For example, there is a valuable golden bird with some rubies on its wings. Some old pots are found every day. They also find mud bricks from houses. These artifacts give an estimate to archaeologists telling how old houses were.
Mummies
They made mummies by scooping the brain out with a metal pick.
Then they took all of the organs out of the body and stuffed it with natron
(natron is a rag that the ancient Egyptians made). They put the organs
in jars and covered the body with natron and let it dry out for forty days.
After forty days, they removed the natron from the inside and took the
natron off the body. Then they would use good smelling oil and paint
it on the body. Then it was time to wrap. After 2 layers they
would tie the arms and legs together and put a page from the book of the
dead in his hands. Then they would wrap two more layers and paint
the mummy with oil and paint a picture of Osiris on it. The
page from the book of the dead was for the people that they worshiped or
the people who had well known for retrieving gold for the Pharaoh.
For some people they would just take them out to the dessert and leave
them there.
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