by Bernadette Reyes

Bernadette Reyes

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Ancient Egypt Travel Brochure Project

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Things To Do

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In Ancient Egypt there are a lot of things

that you can visit like the Pyramids, and

the Nile River

Fact About The Nile River

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The Nile River is 45 feet deep

Fact About The Pyramids

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The Pyramids are 480.6 feet tall.

Things To Do

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Other things you can do Is see how the

people lived during that time. You can

maybe try living like them or asking someone there who

still lives the way that they did back in the day.

Religion In Egypt

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The religion in Ancient Egypt is

Polytheistic. Egyptian religion contained a pantheon of many gods, some representing a village, with others representing the Whole kingdom.

Landmarks In Ancient Egypt

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Giza Necropolis

Great Sphinx Of Giza

Egyptian Museum Of Antiques

Luxor Temple

Karnak

Pyramid Of Khafre

The Great Pyramid Of Giza

About The Nile River

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The Nile River was the ancient Egyptians' best friend, even if it did flood every year. Every year, in the fall, the great river would overflow its banks. At first, the Egyptians lost their crops, their houses, and (in some cases) their lives. But the Egyptian people noticed after a time that the floods came about the same time every year, in June. So they planned ahead. They would make sure nothing important was on the banks of the river when it was time for the floods. Then, after the water level went back down, they would quickly plant new crops. The floods brought good, fresh soil up onto the land. This soil was ideal for planting barley and other grains.

The river also gave them a chance to catch many fish. The Egyptians would build boats out of wood or papyrus and soil up and down the river. They would use spears and nets to catch fish. They would also use nets to catch birds that flew close to the surface of the water.

The Nile also provided protection from attack. People wanting to invade Egypt would have to first cross the river, which was very wide in places. The Egyptians could stand on their own side of the river and throw spears at their attackers. Any attacker who did cross the river was likely to be tired from making the crossing.

Another important way that the Nile helped the ancient Egyptians was in trade. Goods went to and from Egypt down and up the Nile, which had its mouth at the Mediterranean Sea.

About The Pyramids

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No pyramids are more celebrated than the Great Pyramids of Giza, located on a plateau on the west bank of the Nile River, on the outskirts of modern-day Cairo. The oldest and largest of the three pyramids at Giza, known as the Great Pyramid, is the only surviving structure out of the famed seven wonders of the ancient world. It was built for Khufu (Cheops, in Greek), Sneferu’s successor and the second of the eight kings of the fourth dynasty. Though Khufu reigned for 23 years (2589-2566 B.C.), relatively little is known of his reign beyond the grandeur of his pyramid. The sides of the pyramid’s base average 755.75 feet (230 meters), and its original height was 481.4 feet (147 meters), making it the largest pyramid in the world. Three small pyramids built for Khufu’s queens are lined up next to the Great Pyramid, and a tomb was found nearby containing the empty sarcophagus of his mother, Queen Hetepheres. Like other pyramids, Khufu’s is surrounded by rows of mastabas, where relatives or officials of the king were buried to accompany and support him in the afterlifeApproximately 2.3 million blocks of stone (averaging about 2.5 tons each) had to be cut, transported and assembled to build Khufu’s Great Pyramid. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote that it took 20 years to build and required the labor of 100,000 men, but later archaeological evidence suggests that the workforce might actually have been around 20,000. Though some popular versions of history held that the pyramids were built by slaves or foreigners forced into labor, skeletons excavated from the area show that the workers were probably native Egyptian agricultural laborers who worked on the pyramids during the time of year when the Nile River flooded much of the land nearby.

Map Of Ancient Egypt

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5 Things You Need To Know About Having A Safe Travel There And Knowing What To Do Before You Go.

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1. Ask Around

2. Be Aware

3. Asses The Add-Ons

4. Carry Change

5. Cover Up