Transcript Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt
Zoe Shacket
E.P.
The
Pyramids
Do you think you could put together a 48Ofoot-tall pyramid? I know I couldn't. In Egypt
they did. Back about 4500 years ago most
Egyptians had to. They worked in big
groups to get the blocks up. Each block
weighs as much as 25 refrigerators. The
Pharaohs believed that they needed a safe
resting place for their dead bodies. The
pyramids were used as tombs for their
bodies.
Nefertiti
The most mysterious and powerful
woman of ancient Egypt was Nefertiti.
She was a queen and wife of Pharaoh
Amenhotep. Nefertiti married King
Amenhotep around 1352 BC. Her
husband was not raised to be a king.
His older brother was. When his
brother died, he was the one who was
next in line to be a ruler.
Cleopatra
People think that Cleopatra was
an ancient queen. Actually, she
did not live in the time of the
Pharaohs.
She was not even Egyptian. She
was Macedanian, the last of the
Ptolemies.
Cleopatra was 18 when she
became queen. Since it was a
custom, she ruled with her
brother. Her brother was Ptolemy
XIII.
Hieroglyphic
s
Hieroglyphics are one of the oldest
forms of writing. It uses a mix of
more than 700 pictures and
symbols. Egyptians studied this
writing for many years. No one
understood hieroglyphics until the
early I8OOs. It is now an ancient
form of writing and no longer used.
Men Clothing
The Egyptians wore clothes made
from a plant that grows along the Nile
river. This plant is called linen. Men of
this era wore a wrap-round skirt.
These were tied at the waist with a
belt. The rich wore very expensive
linen that is almost see through. They
also wore jewelry that matched their
outfits.
Women
Clothing
Women wore full length dresses.
They had one or two shoulder
straps. Rich or powerful women
wore dresses made of linen. Just
as the men do the girls and
women of Egypt wore tons of
jewelry usually made of gold,
brass, silver, and a variety of gems
and stones.
Children
Clothing
Kids in Egypt had a weird life. They
didn't wear clothes until they were 6
years old. They would wear the same
type of clothes as the men and
women. Kids were often bare foot and
hurt their feet. If children were poor but
lucky they got to wear feet made of
papyrus or palm. The rich wore shoes
made of leather.
Chariots
Chariots were two-wheeled war vehicles that
carried a driver and an armed anchor. They
were pulled by horses wearing cloths of
specific colors. They were expensive and
spread from the Mid East to the sandy lands of
Egypt. The Egyptian chariot betrayed an origin
in many ways. Saddle pads were attached to
horses' backs. These saddle pads had lines of
rope connected to them for the drivers to hold
on to. The ropes helped the drivers steer the
horse in the right direction.
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