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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt. This is a PowerPoint all about Ancient Egypt. Gods & Afterlife.

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Ancient Egypt

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  1. Ancient Egypt • This is a PowerPoint all about Ancient Egypt

  2. Gods & Afterlife • Anubis (in Greek) was an old god who took care of the cemeteries and from c. dynasty five considered to be the son of the solar god Re.Later he was connected to the vast Osiris cult and became his son with the goddess Nephtys.

  3. Pyramids • The pyramids of Egypt fascinated travellers and conquerors in ancient times and continue to inspire wonder in the tourists, mathematicians, and archeologists who visit, explore, measure and describe them. • Tombs of early Egyptian kings were bench-shaped mounds called mastabas. Around 2780 B.C., King Djoser's architect, Imhotep, built the first pyramid by placing six mastabas, each smaller than the one beneath, in a stack to form a pyramid rising in steps. This Step Pyramid stands on the west bank of the Nile River at Sakkara near Memphis. Like later pyramids, it contains various rooms and passages, including the burial chamber of the king

  4. The River Nile • Length: (From White Nile Source to Mouth) 6695km (4184 miles). • Name: The Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley. • Sources: The White Nile: Lake Victoria, Uganda. The Blue Nile: Lake Tana, Ethiopia. • Countries: The Nile and its tributaries flow though nine countries. The White Nile flows though Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt. The Blue Nile starts in Ethiopia. Zaire, Kenya, Tanzanian, Rwanda, and Burundi all have tributaries, which flow into the Nile or into lake Victoria Nyanes.

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