Tuesday, October 21, 2008




Ancient Egypt is a big part of history. Ancient Egyptians were very interesting. The most interesting topic of the ancient Egyptians were the pharaohs. The Ancient Egyptians were very interesting in the pyramids they built, their mummies, and their afterlife.


The pyramids in Ancient Egypt were very important to the Egyptians. The reason for this was because, they used the pyramids for their Pharaohs’ tombs or to show them of. The most important pyramid was called The Great Pyramid. The reason why it was the most important was because it was the biggest. Its was mad in Giza around 2550B.C. It was it was 756 square in plain an it was 481 ft. high.
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The Pharaohs’ mummy was also very interesting. Since to the pharaohs’ their afterlife was very important they had to be mummified in a special way. The whole process took 17 days. The first step is to remove all the organs that might decay rapidly. Then they dry out the body an wrap it the body. Lastly the priest prepare the body for its afterlife an put in there tombs. The Egyptians would put their bodies in tombs to protect it from wild animals an the desert.
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The afterlife was very important for Egyptian Pharaohs. The Egyptians believed lived two life’s. You would die an then go to another life called the afterlife. If fact the afterlife was so important the pharaohs’ would put things such as gold to take to their afterlife.
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Ancient Egyptian history was very important. In many museums you will find plenty of history about the Ancient Egyptians. Millions of people also go visit the great pyramids that Egyptians made.

Haffner, Coulter Leech, Bonnie.Pyramids. The Rosen Publishing Group: New York, 2006

Haffner, Hart George.Ancient Egypt. Barnes & Noble: December 2003