Ancient Egypt

By: Thilakshan Sivananthan 4CM

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Egyptian Mummies

AncientTombs

Ancient Egyptians Gods

Hieroglyphs

Egyptian Mummies

• A mummy is the body of a person (or an animal) that has been preserved after death. They were any Egyptian who could afford to pay for the expensive process of preserving their bodies for the afterlife. The Egyptians believed in life after death. tp://egypt.mrdonn.org/mummies.html

• Ancient Egyptians believed in an afterlife, a real and beautiful place, where they played and lived after they died. To enjoy your afterlife, you couldn't just die. You had to prepare.

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Ancient Tombs

An American team of archaeologists have discovered two ancient Egyptian tombs near Luxor. Incredibly, its beautifully adorned walls, though 3,500 years old, have retained their vivid colours, allowing us to see these amazing murals in

what is practically their original glory.

http://io9.com/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-egyptian-tombs-with-stun-1691248293

The tombs were unearthed by archaeologists from the American Research Center in Egypt

(ARCE) alongside Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities. Both tombs were discovered last week while the archaeologists were mapping

an area of Sheik Abd Qurna, a courtyard referred to as Theban Tomb 110.

Ancient Egyptians Gods

• When Amun was combined with the sun god Ra he was even more powerful. He was then called Amun-Ra. Priests often wore a mask of Anubis during mummification ceremonies. The ancient Egyptians believed that earthquakes were Geb's laughter.

• http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/egypt/gods.htm

• There were over 2,000 names of gods in Ancient Egypt.

Hieroglyphs

This was a tremendous piece of luck because it enabled scholars to unlock the hieroglyphic code and without the stone, we would know nothing of the ancient Egyptians, and the details of their three thousand years of history would remain a mystery.

http://discoveringegypt.com/egyptian-hieroglyphic-writing/

Egyptian culture declined and disappeared nearly two thousand years ago. The last vestiges of the living culture ceased to exist in AD 391 when the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I closed all pagan temples throughout the Roman Empire.