Transcript The Hidden Secrets of Ancient Egypt The Nile River`s location

The Hidden Secrets of
Ancient Egypt
The Nile River’s location
• it goes right
through Egypt,
Africa
The Nile’s delta
• Flows into the
Mediterranean Sea
• It is located in Lower
Egypt
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 )
Farming
• Beans ( soybeans,
broad beans, etc. )
• Fruit ( mainly
oranges, some
grapes, stone fruit,
and pome fruits )
• Vegetables (
tomatoes, and
potatoes )
Farming ( continued )
• Natural fiber ( cotton )
• Sugar Canes
• Rice
What they mined
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Copper
Gold
Silver
Iron
Precious stones
Salts and other
minerals
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
Quarries ( continued )
• Pyramids were made
over the quarries
Papyrus
• A papyrus is what the
Egyptians used to
write on
• Papyrus is made out
of papyrus tree and
weaved together
What is the significance of gold
• So they could trade
• Make sarcophaguses
• Believed to be
associated with the
sun
• Also made for jewelry
The Desert ( continued )
Where were the deserts
located:
• The Western desertsouthwest Egypt
• The Eastern desertnortheast Egypt
• The Sahara desertsouthwest Egypt
• The White desertcentral Egypt
The Desert
How was the desert used:
• To build pyramids for the kings to be
buried in
• Mining
• To burry the dead
Major bodies of water
The major bodies of
water are:
• The Mediterranean
sea
• The Red sea
• The Nile River
Fun Facts
• Pets were sometimes
monkeys
• They only had 23
letters in their
alphabet plus 700
phonetic signs
• Everyone traveled by
only boats
“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 O’Brien