The Hidden Secrets of Ancient Egypt

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The Hidden Secrets ofAncient Egypt
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The Nile Rivers location

• it goes right through Egypt, Africa

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The Niles delta

• Flows into the Mediterranean Sea
• It is located in Lower Egypt

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Fun Facts about the Nile River

• It is the longest river in the world
• It is 4,180-4,184 miles long ( 6,695 KM long )
• 300 cubic meters flow through the Nile a day (
  79,251.615 gallons )

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Farming

• Beans ( soybeans, broad beans, etc. )
• Fruit ( mainly oranges, some grapes, stone fruit,
  and pome fruits )
• Vegetables ( tomatoes, and potatoes )

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Farming ( continued )

• Natural fiber ( cotton )
• Sugar Canes
• Rice

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What they mined

• Copper
• Gold
• Silver
• Iron
• Precious stones
• Salts and other minerals

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Quarries

• A quarry is a large ditch like area which is a
  deposit of rocks/stones mined for construction
  projects
• Rocks/stones that are in Egyptian quarries are
  Granlte, Aswan, alabaster, diorite, marble,
  serpentine, porphyry, black slate, basalt,
  dolomite
• They used these rocks for tools, and for trade

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Quarries ( continued )

• Pyramids were made over the quarries

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Papyrus

• A papyrus is what the Egyptians used to write on
• Papyrus is made out of papyrus tree and weaved
  together

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What is the significance of gold

• So they could trade
• Make sarcophaguses
• Believed to be associated with the sun
• Also made for jewelry

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The Desert ( continued )

• Where were the deserts located
• The Western desert- southwest Egypt
• The Eastern desert- northeast Egypt
• The Sahara desert- southwest Egypt
• The White desert- central Egypt

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The Desert

• How was the desert used
• To build pyramids for the kings to be buried in
• Mining
• To burry the dead

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Major bodies of water

• The major bodies of water are
• The Mediterranean sea
• The Red sea
• The Nile River

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Fun Facts

• Pets were sometimes monkeys
• They only had 23 letters in their alphabet plus
  700 phonetic signs
• Everyone traveled by only boats

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The Hidden secrets of ancient Egypt Tour has
sadly ended

• Ancient Egypt is a fascinating place, as you
  learned. I hope this tour has taught you the tip
  of the iceberg of what ancient Egypt is all
  about. The work and how much effort they put into
  everything they did shows how much they cared
  about what ever they did. I hope you enjoyed the
  tour!
• Tour presented by Alexia OBrien