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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.

16,209 Questions

How was the Nile River used while building a pyramid?

It was used as a source of transportation for heavy thing such as boulders and slaves.

Why is the cat a symbol of the ancient Egyptians?

Cats were part of the everyday routine in ancient Egypt. All Kings and Queens had one in the house-hold, because they were supposed to be linked to the gods. Bast was the goddess of all the cats, she had a cat head and human body, she was goddess of cats.

What were hieroglyphs first used for?

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By the ancient Egyptians as a writing system and it was never used for anything before that

What did Sekhmet the goddess of war do?

To pacify Sekhmet, festivals were celebrated at the end of battle, so that the destruction would come to an end. During an annual festival held at the beginning of the year, a festival of intoxication, the Egyptians danced and played music to soothe the wildness of the goddess and drank great quantities of wine ritually to imitate the extreme drunkenness that stopped the wrath of the goddess-when she almost destroyed humanity. This may relate to averting excessive flooding during the inundation at the beginning of each year as well, when the Nile ran blood-red with the silt from up-stream and Sekhmet had to swallow the overflow to save humankind.

What did deserts protect ancient Egypt from?

The deserts protected the Egyptians from invaders,

Why did the Old middle and New Kingdoms fall?

why did the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms fall

Why did the egyptians discard the brain during the mummification process?

  • The brain isn't seen as anything important to them. so the take it out with all the other organs all but the heart because there heart was needed to pass on into the afterlife.

Were the Gods Ra and Horus brothers?

Yes; but it is not the same god as both are called Horus. Or, rather thier names are translated as such into English.

What jewelry did peasants in ancient Egypt wear?

Wealthy Ancient Egyptians wore gold jewelry and turquoise and lapis lazuli stones but poor egyptians wore beaded jewelry. But both poor and wealthy wore rings neclaces, and ear studs. The wealthy wore fine transparent white gauze adn earings, rings, armbands, anklets, and bracelets.

Everybody wore jewelry. Their jewelry was heavy and voluminous. Upper classes wore jewery that was made from valuble stones like turquoise,cornaline and lapis lazuli. In the lower calsses wore jewelry that was made from simple glass. the jewelry showed how rich you were. the different kinds of jewelry are rings ear rings neck collars bracelaceds necklaces and pendants.

When was the period of time when the temple of Luxor was being built?

The period of time the temple of Luxor was being built was during the New Kingdom. This was sometime between 1550 and 1069 B.C.

Why did the idea of the afterlife appeal to the ancient Egyptians?

the way they believed it by the aferlife and they saw one of there elders die and then they had a animal next to them

How did the ancient civilization influenced the west?

Language, religion, architecture, art, artistry, philosophy.

What were Egyptian wigs made of?

The best wigs were made of human hair only.

Wigs bought by the middle class, were a mix of sheep's wool, vegetable fibers, and human hair.

The cheapest wigs were made of only vegetable fibers.

What organs did not the Egyptians remove?

The heart they thought it was there source of knowledge and memories.

Which of thr following conventions did Egyptian artists use in tomb sculptures?

If the art is 2D, they always do a side view with their left foot foreword, their eye is visible, they sometimes wear fake beards and crowns. If the art is 3D, their back is always straight, if they're sitting, both hands are in their lap and one hand is clenched into a fist, the other lays flat. The men are always shirtless and the women always wear a shirt.

What is the monument called that has a head of a human and body of a lion called it is built near a tomb of a Pharaoh?

A Sphinx. The great spinx was built near the great pyramid, and was supposed to protect Khufu (or if you prefer Greek, his name would be Cheops). There were many more statues of Sphinxes, though, including Hatshepsut having two pink sphinxes at her temple.

How many meals did the ancient Egyptians eat a day?

During the morning a roman would usually eat fruits, and bread they may also drink water but more likely wine as although the romans had developed the cleanest and safest way of transporting safe water to towns for romans to drink, it was still often dangerous. of a lunch or a dinner, depending on the wealth of the family, romans would have a much larger meal. for the richer communit, their slaves or 'coquus', the cook of the household would prepare a meal with items which seem exotic to us such as peacock, and stuffed doormous. they did of course eat alot of egg, meat, if near a harbour, fish, oysters. mainly though for a rich family, fruit and bread, eggs and meat were the most consistent within their diets. poorer families, if they could would eat bread, grain and meat.

What is the term for the ancient Egyptian writing system that used symbols to represent sounds?

hieroglyphics is the answer and What was it called when ancient egyptians used symbols to stand for sounds words and ideas in their system answer it or improve a! have a nice day and i am bored!

Who were the Egyptians descendants of?

The descendants of the Ancient Egyptians are mostly the Coptic Egyptians, as the rest of the Egyptians are Arabs who came from what is now called Saudi Arabia. Since Ancient Egyptians were neither Arabs nor did they speak Arabic, most modern Egyptians have no connection to the Ancient Egyptians since they're Arabs.

Who took over Egypt during the 18th dynasty?

The Egyptians took over Egypt during the 18th dynasty although the expulsion of the Hyksos began in the 17th dynasty.

The 18th Dynasty was composed of Ahmose I, Amenhotep I, Tuthomsis I, II, III, Hatshepsut, Amenhotep II, Thutmosis IV, Amenhotep III, Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, Tutankhamun, Ay and Horemheb. Spelling will vary depending on the source.

Prior to Ahmose I, the land of Egypt paid tribute to the Hyksos, an asiatic people from Canaan, who had taken over nothern Egypt. The center of Egyptian resistance was Thebes. Ahmose's father, a ruler there, rebelled against the Hyksos prince. After his death, possibly in battle, he was followed by his son Kamose (the brother of Ahmose I). After Kamose's death of unknown causes, Ahmose took over and unified Egypt under his rule.

Kamose was the last Pharaoh of the 17th dynasty, Ahmose I was the first Pharaoh of the 18th and they were brothers.

How did Egyptians look at the pharaohs?

As the father and protector of the people and the provider of sustenance on time of famine.

How do energy pyramids work?

Pyramids were used as tombs to bury the Pharaoh once he died.