2. VIDEO OF THE ANCIENT EGYPT
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3. IMPORTANT PHARAONS
THE MOST IMPORTANT PHARAONS
THEY WERE:
- AMON-RA - OSIRIS
- ISIS -
HORUS
- TUTANCAMÓN - SETH
-ATHOR
4. ANCIENT PETS
They were hunted for sport and food,
some species were domesticated
and kept as pets.
It is thought that cats, dogs,
monkeys, geese and gazelles were
often kept in Ancient Egyptian
homes. These creatures certainly
weren’t wild anymore, but they may
not have been domesticated to the
same degree as the pets of today.
5. THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXPOSE OF SOME ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SPORTS :
-HOCKEY -HANDBAL -JAVELIN THROW
-FISHING -BOXING -WEIGHTLIFTING
-HIGH JUMP -SWIMMING -EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
-ROWING -RHYTHMIC GIMNASTICS -ARCHERY
-TUG OF HOOP -MARATHON - EQUILIBRIUM
-TUG OF WAR
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7. TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT
THE MORTUARY TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT, WHO RULED
EGYPT FROM AROUND 1479 BC UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1458
BC, IS SITUATED BENEATH THE CLIFFS AT DEIR EL BAHARI ON
THE WEST BANK OF THE NILE.
8. THE LUXOR TEMPLE IS LOCATED ON THE EAST BANK OF THE
RIVER NILE IN THE ANCIENT CITY OF THEBES AND WAS
FOUNDED IN 1400 BC DURING THE NEW KINGDOM. THE
TEMPLE WAS DEDICATED TO THE THREE EGYPTIAN GODS
AMUN, MUT, AND CHONS.
9. THE BENY PYRAMID LOCATED AT DAHSHUR WAS THE
SECOND PYRAMID BUILT BY PHARAOH SNEFERU.
MYSTERIOUSLY, THE PYRAMID RISES FROM THE DESERT AT
AN ANGLE OF 55 DEGREES AND THEN SUDDENLY CHANGES
TO A MORE GRADUAL ANGLE OF 43 DEGREES.
10. STEP PYRAMID OF DJOSER
THE STEP PYRAMID OF DJOSER AT THE SAQQARA
NECROPOLIS WAS THE VERY FIRST PYRAMID BUILT BY THE
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. IT WAS CONSTRUCTED DURING THE
27TH CENTURY BC FOR THE BURIAL OF PHARAOH DJOSER BY
HIS VIZIER IMHOTEP.
11. LOCATED AT THE GIZA PLATEAU, THE GREAT SPHINX IS ONE
OF THE LARGEST AND OLDEST MONUMENTS IN THE WORLD,
BUT BASIC FACTS ABOUT IT, SUCH AS WHO WAS THE MODEL
FOR THE FACE, WHEN IT WAS BUILT, AND BY WHOM, ARE
STILL DEBATED.
12. RED PYRAMID
BUILT BY PHARAOH SNEFERU, THE RED PYRAMID IS THE
WORLD’S FIRST SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT CONSTRUCTING A
“TRUE” SMOOTH-SIDED PYRAMID. AT 104 METERS IT IS THE
4TH HIGHEST PYRAMID EVER BUILT IN EGYPT.
13. VALLEY OF THE KINGS
THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS IS A VALLEY IN EGYPT WHERE, FOR
A PERIOD OF NEARLY 500 YEARS FROM THE 16TH TO 11TH
CENTURY BC, TOMBS WERE CONSTRUCTED FOR THE KINGS
AND PRIVILEGED NOBLES OF THE NEW KINGDOM. THE
VALLEY CONTAINS 63 TOMBS AND CHAMBERS, RANGING IN
SIZE FROM A SIMPLE PIT TO A COMPLEX TOMB WITH OVER
120 CHAMBERS.
14. ABU SIMBEL
ABU SIMBEL IS AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE COMPRISING TWO
MASSIVE ROCK TEMPLES IN SOUTHERN EGYPT ON THE
WESTERN BANK OF LAKE NASSER. THE TWIN TEMPLES WERE
ORIGINALLY CARVED OUT OF THE MOUNTAINSIDE DURING
THE REIGN OF PHARAOH RAMESSES THE GREAT IN THE 13TH
CENTURY BC, AS A LASTING MONUMENT TO HIMSELF AND
HIS QUEEN NEFERTARI.
15. KARNAK
ALTHOUGH BADLY RUINED, FEW SITES IN EGYPT ARE MORE
IMPRESSIVE THAN KARNAK. IT IS THE LARGEST ANCIENT
RELIGIOUS SITE IN THE WORLD, AND REPRESENTS THE
COMBINED ACHIEVEMENT OF MANY GENERATIONS OF
EGYPTIAN BUILDERS. MOST OF THE WORK ON KARNAK WAS
DONE BY THE PHARAOHS OF THE NEW KINGDOM (1570-
1100 BC).
16. PYRAMIDS OF GIZA
THE GIZA NECROPOLIS, SITUATED IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF
THE SOUTHWESTERN SUBURBS OF CAIRO IS HOME TO THE MOST
FAMOUS ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MONUMENTS. THE PYRAMIDS IN
GIZA WERE BUILT OVER THE SPAN OF THREE GENERATIONS – BY
KHUFU, HIS SECOND REIGNING SON KHAFRE, AND MENKAURE.
THE GREAT PYRAMID OF KHUFU IS THE OLDEST AND SOLE
REMNANT OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
