ANCIENT EGYPT

THE NILE RIVER

THE NILE RIVER

• The Nile river is 4,258 miles long.
• The 2 sources of the river are the Blue Nile and Lake Tana.
• The Black land hugged the Nile & the Red land was the desert just beyond.

EGYPTIAN SOCCIETY

SOCIETY FACTS

• The 2 classes that were the highest were the soldiers and the government officials and noble priests.
• The merchants and the scribes could write on papyrus.
• And people who harvested papyrus were farmers and slaves.

PYRAMIDS

PYRAMID FACTS

• Pyramids were used for houses or tombs for dead kings.
• Kings built the pyramids, with help.
• The skills that you would need to build a pyramid are mathematics, geometry,engineering, & architecture

HIEROGLYPHICS

HIEROGLYPHICS FACTS

• Hieroglyphics are carvings that represent pictures and sounds.
• Hieroglyphics were invented by the god Thoth.
• Keeping records of hieroglyphics were kept on papyrus.

PHARAOHS

PHARAOH FACTS

• What made people think the pharaoh was a special person was because they were the father and mother without an equal.
• Egyptians thought that the pharaoh was a god.