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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt started around 3150 BC. It is a time known marked by pharaohs, pyramids, gods and goddesses, science, math,and art. This era ended when Egypt was conquered by the Roman empire in 31 BC.

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How did scribes learn to read and write?

I think that the Romans learned to read and write by using a system called the Roman numerals.

Roman numerals were and are a method of representing numbers only. The lack of a zero made it clumsy in anything other than basic calculations.

What was so special that Ramses 2 did?

He expanded the kingdom vastly and built many temples and shrines etc. he had many wives and at least 100 children and was one of the main pharoahs in the book of exodus. He was also i tomb robber and stole many things from king tut's tomb

What is Egyptian numerals?

The Ancient Egyptian decimal numeric system was capable of quite complex calculations, including fractions.

The hieroglyphs are:

For numeral 1, a simple vertical stroke

For numeral 10, an inverted U shape

For numeral 100, a spiral shape

For numeral 1,000, a flower on a tall stem

For numeral 10,000, a finger

For numeral 100,000, a frog

For numeral 1,000,000, a man with both arms raised.

To represent 1,237 the Egyptians would group together a flower, two spirals, three inverted U's and seven vertical strokes.

For fractions, the hieroglyph of a mouth (pronounced r, meaning a part) was placed above or in front of the number.

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How were common people buried in Egypt?

Most times there was a whole they dug and just filled it up then started a new one

What were some items traded in ancient Egypt?

The items that were traded in ancient Egypt were cotton, wheat, papyrus, corn, agricultural, horticultural products, clothing etc

Where do most Egyptians live today?

Most Egyptians live in EGYPT.

I'm Egyptian, we live in apartments villas palaces we have worldwide hotels spas and golf courts we have worldwide companies we have i pods i phone and blackberries , we have all the brand names in Egypt we don't mummfy people now we don't live in tents we don't go to school on camels we have cars like all the other countries some have ferraris we have airports we have very good schools ,alot like to learn alot of languages, international and private schools teach English french and German from kindergarten, we're not a bunch of ignorant people we know the cultures of all the other countries we're very civilised and we're all seeking to make Egypt a better place we have alot of beautiful sceneries like the nile ,luxor and aswan ,sharm el sheikh ,hurghada , dahab ,the pyramids ,Alexandria ,old cairo, khan el khalili and korba. egyptians are very friendly we treat our visitors from all over the world very generously :)

If a teacher is asking this question, they are looking for a geographic type answer like most Egyptians live close to the Nile River. The Nile Valley is only one mile wide at some points, and it is just 12 miles across at its widest. So almost all Egyptians live on less than 5 percent of the nation's land.

What did the Egyptians use copper for?

It was used for plpows and jewelery and also they traded it......also did you know that copper is 8 tumes the amount of gold

How were the blocks brought higher as the pyramid grew taller?

they had to use leverage to move the blocks higher and higher.

What did the Egyptian rely on the Nile river for?

Egypt is a desert area and the only source of water for growing crops was that of the Nile. The annual flood of the Nile inundated the Nile delta area and provided the water and new fertile silt necessary for farmers to grow their crops.

Why did ancient Egyptians remove body hair?

Priests plucked every hair on their body because they thought that their hair was unclean for the gods, they needed to be clean to be respectable for the them.

How warm is it in Egypt today?

Aswan (southern Egypt):

* Tonight (Sat. Aug. 15 2009): Mainly clear. Low near 85F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph. * Tomorrow: Mainly sunny. High 106F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph. * Tomorrow night: A mostly clear sky. Low 84F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph. * Monday: Mainly sunny. High 106F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph. * Tuesday: Sunny. Highs 104 to 108F and lows in the low 80s. * Wednesday: Mainly sunny. Highs 103 to 107F and lows in the low 80s. Alexandria (northern Egypt):

* Tonight: Mainly clear. Low 76F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph. * Tomorrow: A mainly sunny sky. High 84F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph. * Tomorrow night: Clear skies. Low 77F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph. * Monday: Mainly sunny. High near 85F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph. * Tuesday: Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s and lows in the mid 70s. * Wednesday: Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s and lows in the mid 70s.

Explain why wood in Egypt was so expensive?

Egypt is known to have plenty of dry desert where there are not many trees due to a lack of water. much of the wood in Egypt is imported from other countries-- importing involves shipping / transporting --when transporting; fuel, handling fees, and service charges are applied. these are factors which make wood more expensive in Egypt.

How did the nile help support the growth of ancient egypt?

Ancient Egypt heavily relied on Farming which is where the nile comes in as it flooded once a year (Inundation) This laid parts of the land with silt which made the ground fertile enough for crops. Without these crops from the nile ancient egypt wouldnt have survived half the amount of years it did. (They lasted 3000 years).

The Egyptians had their farming planned out:

June to September was for the inundation

October to February was for ploughing and planting of seeds ( They used steel tipped ploughs pulled by Oxen)

March to May was for Harvesting and getting ready for the inundations again.

The Nile was consider a god in Ancient Egypt. They sometimes did sacrifices to The Nile.

Times when the Nile was running low on water caused much devastatsion in egypt even the weathly threated.

Hope this Helps

(All this information is from a Year 9 History Student)

What does an ankh look like?

An ankh is known as the Egyptian staff or cross of life. They are generally depicted as a cross with a loop at the top where the vertical short arm of the cross would be. There are some depictions of ankhs with a circle instead of a loop at the top, but these are much less common.

Did Cleopatra live in a palace?

Cleopatra's palace was discovered a few years ago at the bottom of Alexandria Harbor where it has been preserved for centuries as the result of an earthquake. When Alexander the Great died, his generals divided the Macedonian Empire, and Ptolemy ruled Egypt from Alexandria, the first and greatest of many cities which Alexander founded and named after himself. All of Ptolemy's descendants lived there as well, including his last descendant, Cleopatra.

How do you say goodbye in ancient Egypt?

In Latin you can say good-bye by using either ave or vale if you are speaking to one person. If you are speaking to more than one person you would use avete or valete.

Will a dead body explode in two days?

yes once your dead you go into decay and eventually your body will explode

Edit: A body can explode when the gases that are formed during decay can't find a way out. If that happens the belly will swell until the pressure causes an explosion.

Why do you think the dead were buried with burial goods?

Grave goods are objects which are buried or cremated with a body. Many cultures have traditions of leaving grave goods, from the modern United States, where mementos are buried with the dead, to Ancient Egypt, where high-ranking people were buried with lavish assortment of grave goods. Beliefs about the function of grave goods vary, depending on time and culture.

What was inside kings tut tomb?

Stolen riches,but not King Tut. Ramess and King Tut were switched

Why did Egyptians use cartouches?

An oval that is enclosing a group of egyptian hieroglyphs

How do you pronounce the Egyptian God Qebehseneuf?

The ancient Egyptian writing system (hieroglyphs) did not record any vowel sounds - exactly as in ancient Arabic, Hebrew and Phoenician. The Egyptians knew which vowels to use in each word but today that knowledge is lost.

Egyptologists generally use the vowel "e" to stand for all those missing vowels, so the name written gb in hieroglyphs becomes Geb - but we can never know the correct pronunciation. So, you can say Geb any way you like - it will always be incorrect!