Egypt

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  1. 3. The ancient Egyptians were ruled by a pharaoh who they thought could keep peace
  2. 6. Many ancient Egyptian pyramids are located in the Giza plateau.
  3. 10. Considered one of the most famous ancient Egyptian discoveries, the tomb of Tutankhamun was found in 1922.
  4. 12. Sekhmet was the goddess of war, fire and medicine.
  5. 13. In the Book of the Dead, a person’s heart was weighed against the feather of Maat.
  6. 15. Most of the major cities in ancient Egypt were located along the banks of the river Nile.
  7. 16. While the mummy was wrapped, amulets were placed in-between the layers of linen.
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  1. 1. Even today, archaeologists still have many unanswered questions about ancient Egyptian life. life.
  2. 2. Once a mummy was completed, it was placed in a sarcophagus and moved to the
  3. 4. There have been many unusual artefacts found while excavating tombs in ancient Egypt.
  4. 5. the Egyptian people and gods.
  5. 7. Represented as having the head of a hawk, Horus was the god of the
  6. 8. During the mummification process, the internal organs were placed in
  7. 9. Known as the god of embalming, has the head of a jackal.
  8. 11. Archaeologists believe that the monument was carved around 2500 BC.
  9. 14. Used mostly for burials and monuments, hieroglyphics was a complex writing system made up of symbols representing sounds and ideas.