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Primary 6B2016-2017
Egyptians believed in life after death.
•Animals were very important in Ancient Egypt
Every year in July the river inundated the valley and the Ancient Egyptians learned how to canalise this water to use it .
They worked the land very hard but saved time to enjoy family
Egyptian civilization developed around the Nile valley in Africa.
The Nile is one of the biggest rivers in the world. It runs along North East Africa from
the big lakes.
Everybody - rich and poor - lived in mud brick houses.
The river valley is so narrow because the desert starts in few kilometres.
HousesHouses
Family Life
Egyptian society was based on family life, people lived in families.Women ran the family and men cultivated the land. Sons and daughters were valued the same. Education was based on money, because to go to school families had to pay. So, only the rich and only boys went to school.
They used a selection of gold amulets, bracelets and other ornaments. Poor people also wore them but made of copper or wood.
Clothes were made of linen; rich people wore fine linen and poor people thicker linen made by themselves.
The Egyptians loved having The Egyptians loved having funfun..
In their tombs there are lots of paintings of party scenes
Rich Egyptians offered big parties for their friends with enormous amounts of food.
They ate and drank too much and enjoyed themselves with music and dancing.
Medicine and magic
Egyptian doctors were very much respected and usually passed their knowledge from father to son.
Doctors understood quite a lot about the body. They prepared drugs to cure diseases . Egyptians believed that the deseases were caused by evil spirits.
The most important animal was the cat. They protected the houses and families.
Unai, Eder and Urtzi
WRITING AND NUMERAL SYSTEM The ancient Egyptian language is one of the oldest languages of
the world.
This ancient language was written down in two ways: Hieroglyphic script and hieratic script.
The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799 by Napoleonic troops in Egypt.
The stone is written in three languages: Hieroglyphs, demotic script and Greek.
Jon Ander, Enaitz, Eneko
Pyramids, Sphinx and TemplesThe pyramids were funerary monuments.The first pyramid was Zoser. The tombs were filled with treasures for their afterlife.The sphinx of Giza is the head of a human and the body of a lion.