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There was a brief trend where wealthly ancient royals attempted to keep lions and this Nile-dwelling animal, as pets
Crocodiles
Fun Fact: Archeologists have found mummified crocodiles, along with dogs, falcons, monkeys, and other animals!
The title for a ruler in Ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
Fun Fact: The word pharaoh translates into "great house".
This process preserved bodies for the afterlife
Mummification
Fun Fact: Mummification could take about 70 days!
These giant stone structures were built as tombs for pharaohs
Pyramids
Fun Fact: The Great Pyramid of Giza was originally topped with a special capstone called a pyramidion, which was covered in gold or electrum (a mix of gold and silver).
These picture-like symbols were used as Egypt's writing system
Hieroglyphics
Fun Fact: Some hieroglyphs stood for sounds, while others stood for whole words.
This animal was especially loved and sometimes mummified
Cats
Fun Fact: When a beloved pet cat passed away, the family would go into deep mourning, shaving off their eyebrows as a symbol of grief!
He became a pharaoh at the age of 9
King Tutankhamun (King Tut)
Fun Fact: His tomb was discovered nearly intact in 1922!
This is the massive, heavy stone box or outer coffin that held a pharaoh's wooden coffins and mummy inside the tomb
Sarcophagus
Fun Fact: A pharaoh's sarcophagus was often carved with large, protective eyes on the outside!
This famous statue has the body of a lion and the head of a human
Great Sphinx
Fun Fact: The Sphinx has guarded the pyramids for thousands of years.
Ancient Egyptians made paper from this tall plant that grew along the Nile
Papyrus
Fun Fact: Papyrus was one of the world's first writing materials. This is where the English word for "paper" came from!
This jackal-headed god was associated with mummification
Anubis
Fun Fact: Anubis was believed to protect the dead
She was a famous female ruler in Ancient Egypt, known for her beauty, intelligence, and alliance with Rome
Cleopatra
Fun Fact: Cleopatra lived closer to our time than to the building of the pyramids!
The reason why Egyptians made mummies
Belief in needing one's body in the afterlife
Fun Fact: Ancient Egyptians believed the afterlife was called the Field of Reeds, an eternal version of the Nile
This city contains the most famous group of pyramids in Egypt
Giza
Fun Fact: The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest Wonder of the Ancient World still standing.
The ancient Egyptians used this to tell time
Sundial or 365-day solar calendar
Fun Fact: Sundials only work when the sun is shining
This crime to the Ancient Egyptians revered animal was a crime punishable by death
Killing a cat
Fun fact: Even if it was entirely by accident!
Many pharaohs wore this striped blue-and-gold head covering as a symbol of their power
Crown or Headdress
Fun Fact: The famous gold mask of King Tut shows him wearing this royal headdress
This organ was usually left inside the body
The heart
Fun fact: Egyptians believed the heart was the center of intelligence and emotion.
The original color of the pyramids
White
Fun Fact: The pyramids were covered with polished limestone, which is the color white!
Egyptian doctors sometimes used this sweet substance to help treat wounds
Honey
Fun Fact: Honey can help stop the growth of some bacteria.
Ancient Egyptians often worshipped this animal because it rolled balls of dung, reminding them of the sun moving across the sky
Scarab Beetle
Fun Fact: Scarab beetles can roll dung balls that weigh much more than they doโand some species can pull over 1,000 times their own body weight, making them among the strongest animals on Earth for their size!
The pharaoh's job was to rule Egypt and make sure this important river helped provide food and water for the people
Nile River
Fun Fact: Without the Nile, Ancient Egypt could not have survived in the desert.
To travel to the afterlife across the mythical underworld rivers, dead Egyptians were buried with models of these vehicles
Boats
Fun fact: Archaeologists have found more than 4,000 years old model boats inside Egyptian tombs, and some of them even had tiny, carved wooden crew members holding miniature oars and sails! [1, 2]
Because it took decades to cut and move millions of heavy stone blocks, thousands of workers had to build these giant structures while the pharaoh was still this
Alive
Fun Fact: The pyramids took anywhere from 10 to 30 years to build, a pharaoh had to hope they lived long enough for the construction crew to finish.
Egyptians sometimes used moldy bread to help treat wounds because of this property of mold
Mold can kill bacteria
Fun Fact: The mold in the bread acted as an early, accidental form of antibiotics.