ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LIFE

By Nicola

INTRODUCTION

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

EGYPTIAN FARMING

The farmers grew wheat, barley ,vegetables ,figs, melons, pomegranates and vines .

They also grew flax witch was made into linen.

SEASONS

They hade 3 seasons.

Akhet is the flooding season.

Peret is the farming season.

Shemu is the harvest season.

THE RIVER NILE

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.

EVIDENCE

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.

HIEROGLYPHS

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.

EGYPTION GODS

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.

MUMMIES

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