COMPLETE
THE PYRAMIDS ARE IN...
EGYPT
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST PYRAMID?
THE GREAT PYRAMID
IS - SOLID - MOSTLY - THE - SPHINX - ROCK
THE SPHINX IS MOSTLY SOLID ROCK.
WHAT IS A PHARAOH?
AN EGYPTIAN KING
IS THERE REALLY A MUMMY CURSE?
NO, THERE ISN'T
QUEEN WERE BURIED IN...
SMALL PYRAMIDS
WHO BUILT THE PYRAMIDS?
THOUSANDS OF ORDINARY MEN WHO WORKED FOR THE KING AS A SORT OF TAX
RICH - THE - ENORMOUSLY - PHARAOHS - WERE
THE PHARAOHS WERE ENORMOUSLY RICH.
WHY DID THEY MARRY A MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY?
THEY BELIEVED THAT THE MEMBERS IN THEIR FAMILY WERE DESCENDED FROM THE SUN GOD, RE. THAT'S WHY THEY MARRIED THEIR SISTERS OR HALF-SISTERS.
EGYPT'S GREAT RIVER
THE NILE
THE PHARAOH'S "OTHER WIVES" WERE BURIED IN...
COULD A WOMAN BECOME PHARAOH?
NOT NORMALLY, BUT THERE WERE SOME.
FUNERALS - CRIED - AT - PRIESTESSES - ALL
PRIESTESSES CRIED AT ALL FUNERALS
DID THEY HAVE A LOT OF WIVES?
YES, BUT ONLY ONE QUEEN!
HOW DO WE KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THE EGYPTIANS?
BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS THEY LEFT IN THEIR TOMBS (AND DUE TO THE HARD WORK OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS!)
THE EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION LASTED ABOUT...
3000 YEARS
WHY DID THEY STOP BUILDING PYRAMIDS?
ROBBERS
COST
TIME
VALLEY - LATER - WERE - THE - OF - THE - KINGS - IN - BURIED - KINGS
LATER KINGS WERE BURIED IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS.
WHAT DID THE PHARAOHS WEAR?
FLOWING ROBES, AMAZING JEWELS, CROWNS
SHE WAS A WOMAN, BUT SHE CALLED HERSELF "KING OF EGYPT"
HATSHEPSUT
A MUMMY IS...
A BODY THAT IS EMBALMED SO IT DOESN'T DECAY
WHAT WAS INSIDE A PYRAMID?
NOT MUCH. THERE WERE TREASURES AND A MUMMY. APART FROM THAT, THE INSIDES ARE MOSTLY SOLID STONE AND NARROW PASSAGES
SMOOTH - THE - STEPS - FIRST - AND - HAD - PYRAMIDS - HAD - SIDES - PYRAMIDS - LATER
THE FIRST PYRAMIDS HAD STEPS AND LATER PYRAMIDS HAD SMOOTH SIDES.
WHAT DID THE PHARAOH DO?
THE PHARAOH WAS IN CHARGE OF THE GOVERNMENT, LAW, TRADE AND FOREIGN POLICY. THE PHARAOH WAS ALSO THE ARMY COMMANDER AND THE CHIEF PRIEST
THE PROCESS OF MUMMIFICACION: STEPS
1. REMOVE THE BRAIN WITH A HOOK THROUGH THE NOSTRILS.
2. THE INTERNAL ORGANS AND PUT THEM IN CANOPIC JARS.
3. COVER THE BODY WITH NATRON.
4. THE INSIDES ARE STUFFED WITH NATRON, LINEN, SAWDUST AND SWEET SMELLING HERBS AND SPICES.
5. THE BODY IS WRAPPED WITH BANDAGES. (+ CHARMS)
6. A PRIEST COMES TO SAY PRAYERS.