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    Ancient Egypt developed along the Nile River where the annual flooding ensured fertile soil. Egyptians preserved their dead through mummification, and pharaohs were mummified and buried in large stone pyramids. The process of mummification took around 40 days and prepared the body for the afterlife. Pyramids could take many years to build and contained burial chambers for the pharaoh's possessions. Some of Egypt's most notable rulers included Hatshepsut, King Tutankhamen, and Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh.

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    Ancient Egypt developed along the Nile River where the annual flooding ensured fertile soil. Egyptians preserved their dead through mummification, and pharaohs were mummified and buried in large stone pyramids. The process of mummification took around 40 days and prepared the body for the afterlife. Pyramids could take many years to build and contained burial chambers for the pharaoh's possessions. Some of Egypt's most notable rulers included Hatshepsut, King Tutankhamen, and Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh.

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    Ancient Egypt developed along the Nile River where the annual flooding ensured fertile soil. Egyptians preserved their dead through mummification, and pharaohs were mummified and buried in large stone pyramids. The process of mummification took around 40 days and prepared the body for the afterlife. Pyramids could take many years to build and contained burial chambers for the pharaoh's possessions. Some of Egypt's most notable rulers included Hatshepsut, King Tutankhamen, and Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh.

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    Ancient Egypt developed along the Nile River where the annual flooding ensured fertile soil. Egyptians preserved their dead through mummification, and pharaohs were mummified and buried in large stone pyramids. The process of mummification took around 40 days and prepared the body for the afterlife. Pyramids could take many years to build and contained burial chambers for the pharaoh's possessions. Some of Egypt's most notable rulers included Hatshepsut, King Tutankhamen, and Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh.

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    NAME: MINAHIL ABID BFA- PAINTING (REPLICA)

    FINAL ASSINMENT OF HISTORY OF ARTS


    Topic: Pyramids and Mummies

    Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa, situated in the


    Egyptian Nile Valley in the country Egypt. The history of ancient
    Egypt occurred as a series of stable kingdoms, separated by periods of
    relative instability known as Intermediate Periods: the Old Kingdom of
    the Early Bronze Age, the Middle Kingdom of the Middle Bronze Age and
    the New Kingdom of the Late Bronze Age.

    Overview
     Egyptian civilization developed along the Nile River in
    large part because the river’s annual flooding ensured
    reliable, rich soil for growing crops.
     Repeated struggles for political control of Egypt
    showed the importance of the region's agricultural
    production and economic resources.
     The Egyptians kept written records using a writing
    system known as hieroglyphics.
     Ancient Egyptians developed wide-reaching trade
    networks along the Nile, in the Red Sea, and in the
    Near East.
    The use of hieroglyphics—a form of writing that used
    images to express sounds and meanings. During the
    Middle Kingdom, Egyptians began to write literature, as
    well. Some writing was preserved on stone or clay, and
    some was preserved on papyrus, a paper-like product
    made from reed fiber. Hieroglyphic writing also became an
    important tool for historians studying ancient Egypt once it
    was translated in the early 1800s.
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    Topic: Pyramids and Mummies

    what are pyramids and mummies?


    When people in Ancient Egypt died, they were mummified
    – this was a long process of preserving the body, and
    designing a coffin with painted pictures and writing. When
    the pharaohs (kings and queens) of Egypt died, they
    were mummified and buried in large stone
    pyramids. We can still see these pyramids today.
    The process of mummifying and burying a body was done
    to help the person travel successfully through the
    underworld, which would get them to the afterlife and the
    god Osiris, who was king of the underworld.
    1. When people died, they were mummified – this process
    took a long time, but it prepared them for the afterlife.

    2. The Egyptians believed that there were many


    gods who oversaw different parts of life on earth and life
    after death. It was important that someone was able to
    reach the afterlife and the god Osiris, so mummification
    was taken very seriously.

    3. During the mummification process, the internal organs


    were put into containers called canopic jars.

    4. The pharaohs – the kings and queens of Egypt – were


    thought to be gods themselves. Some were buried in
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    Topic: Pyramids and Mummies

    elaborate tombs called pyramids, though some were


    buried in underground tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

    5. The process of mummification took 40days to prepare a


    dead body.

    6. The pyramids at Giza are the biggest that we can see


    today, but we have found around 80 pyramids from
    Ancient Egypt.

    7. Pyramids took a long time to build, so work would start on


    them while the pharaoh was still alive.

    8. The Egyptians used their knowledge of maths to build


    pyramids that were shaped well and positioned properly.

    9. Inside pyramids, there were different chambers that held


    things the king would need in the afterlife.

    Timeline of Ancient Egypt:


     c2600 BC
    Pyramids started to be built
     c2550 BC
    The Great pyramid of Giza was built
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    Topic: Pyramids and Mummies

     2555-2450 BC
    The pyramids in Giza were built,
    as well as the sphinx
     1539-1069 BC
    Mummies of pharaohs were buried
    in the Valley of the Kings

     1473-1458 BC
    Queen Hatshepsut ruled
     1332-1323 BC
    King Tutankhamen ruled

     1279-1213 BC
    King Rameses II ruled
     51-30 BC
    Cleopatra VII ruled;
    she was the last pharaoh
     1799 AD
    The Rosetta stone was found
     1922 AD
    King Tutankhamen’s tombwas discovered.

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