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| The Nile is special because |
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| it is the longest river and runs north |
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| Why is the Nile called the "life blood" of Egypt? |
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| The Nile would flood every year and the soil would become rich with the silt from the river. The farmers were able to grow an abundant amount of food for all the people. The Nile bought life every year: without the floodwaters, Egypt was dead. Also because there was plenty of food, people did not have to all be farmers, they could be brick layers, builders, etc. |
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| Why was washing laundry dreaded? |
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| Because of the crocodiles and hippos who were in the water |
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| Discovered in 1799 the stone it helped archeologist figure out the meaning of the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt. |
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| THE SKY GOD OR FALCON GOD |
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| An Egyptian healing symbol created after the God Horus's eye was taken out but was made whole again. |
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| A WATERLILY THAT CLOSES AT NIGHT AND SINKS BELOW THE WATER AND RISES AGAIN IN THE MORNING, THEY BECAME SYMBOLS OF THE SUN AND THE CREATION FROM THE WATER OF NUN. |
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| Is an oblong enclosure with a horizontal line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name, coming into use during the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu. |
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| AN EARLY FORM OF PAPER MADE FROM THE REED LIKE PLANT FOUND IN THE MARSHY AREAS OF THE NILE DELTA |
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| A PERSON WHO KNEW HOW TO READ, WRITE AND KEEP RECORDS. THEY KEPT RECORDS FOR THE KINGS AND PRIESTS. |
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| HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DID THE PRIEST WASH? |
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| EGYPTIANS HAD THREE SEASONS BASED IN THE NILE, WHAT WERE THEY? |
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1. THE INUNDATION- TIME OF FLOODING- JUNE TO SEPT.
2. THE EMERGENCE - WHEN THE WATER RECEDED- OCTOBER TO FEB.
3. THE DROUGHT- THEY WOULD HARVEST THE CROPS- MARCH-JUNE |
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| THE NILE IS OVER 4,000 MILES LONG |
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| HE IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST ENGINEER, HE DESIGNED AND BUILT THE FIRST PYRAMID, HE WAS A DOCTOR AND A SCRIBE. |
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| THE OLDEST STONE BUILDING DESIGNED AND BUILT BY IMHOTEP |
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| THE NARMER PALETTE IS SAID TO DEPICT THE UNIFICATION OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT |
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| PYRAMIDS ARE SAID TO RECREATE WHAT? |
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| THE LAND OF THE DEAD WAS CONSIDERED WHERE? |
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| HIGH RANKING EGYPTIANS SHAVED THEIR HEADS |
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| THE DELTA IS AT THE MOUTH OF THE NILE RIVER WHERE THE RICHEST SILT WOULD REST ONCE THE RIVER FLOODED. |
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| THE MOUTH IS THE OPENING OF THE RIVER, FOR THE NILE IT WAS THE NORTH END OF THE RIVER |
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| A SERIES OF RULERS FROM THE SAME FAMILY |
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| ANCIENT REGION AT THE NORTH END OF THE NILE RIVER. THE NUBIANS BECAME FAMOUS TRADERS OF ANCIENT EGYPT |
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| A KIND OF PICTURE WRITING IN WHICH SOME PICTURES STAND FOR IDEAS OR THINGS AND OTHERS STAND FOR SOUNDS: THE WRITTEN SIGNS AND SYMBOLS WERE USED BY THE EGYPTIANS |
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| The word "sphinx", which means 'strangler', was first given by the Greeks to a fabulous creature which had the head of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of a bird. In Egypt, there are numerous sphinxes, usually with the head of a king wearing his headdress and the body of a lion. |
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| Ramses II (reigned 1304-1237 B.C.) was the third ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. A great warrior, he was also the builder of some of Egypt's most famous monuments. |
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| She needs to know that it was first Ra's eye. |
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| She is generally regarded byEgyptologists as one of the most successful pharaohs, reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty. |
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| THE LAST QUEEN TO RULE EGYPT |
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| THE YOUNGEST TO RULE EGYPT; BECAME KING AT 9 AND DIED AT 18 |
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| WHERE YOU GO AFTER YOU DIE |
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| WHERE PEOPLE WOULD TRAVEL TO AND FROM AND BRING ITEMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD |
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| NILE IS REFERRED TO AS THE ROAD OF EGYPT |
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