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Discover Egypt Activities
for Learning about Egypt Try using
this hieroglyphics chart to write out the names of your family
members, or try leaving coded notes to each other this month
using hieroglyphics. If you’re sharing an Egyptian meal
with your family this month (RECIPES),
consider making a hieroglyphic place card for everyone who
will be eating with you, or write out a menu using hieroglyphics.
Consider, also, incorporating the modern language of Egypt
(Arabic) in your menu. (LANGUAGE SECTION)
To see your name in hieroglyphics using a hieroglyphic converter,
click
here. To learn more about hieroglyphics (both writing and numbers),
and access hieroglyphic downloads (including fonts, e-books
and free worksheets) click
here. While hieroglyphics were used in ancient Egypt, today most
Egyptians speak and write in Arabic. Click
here for more information on learning Arabic. "Always watch and follow nature." - Egyptian Proverb The largest
pyramid is known the Great Pyramid. It was built for King
Khufu and is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is
estimated that it took about 20,000 people 20 years to build. Take a tour of the Great Pyramid at NOVA. Build a Scale Model of the Great Pyramid. Click
Here Building
Pyramids: The mummification
process of the ancient Egyptians took about 2 months to complete,
and was so effective that many bodies have survived thousands
of years. Check out the Clickable
Mummy to learn more about how the bodies were preserved. Play Tomb of the Unknown Mummy at National Geographic Learn about the Curse of the Mummy Learn about the Queens of Egypt Meet the animals and sea-life of Egypt: Take an on-line
Egyptian safari featuring a Red Sea dive, a Nile journey
& an over-land adventure. Explore
the Royal Ontario Museums Egypt Discovery Case – complete
with Ancient Egypt Quiz, directions for making a mini-mummy,
and discussion cards for more in-depth explorations of ancient
Egypt. Click
Here. Read about
the children of modern Egypt. Click
Here Popular beliefs on essential matters must be examined in order to discover the original thought. - Egyptian Proverb Folktales
of Egypt Raks
Sharki: Classic Egyptian Dance Music The best and shortest road towards knowledge of truth is Nature - Egyptian Proverb |
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Hieroglyphics is the picture symbol system Ancient Egyptians
used to write with. The system uses over 2000 picture symbols
to represent words, thoughts, ideas, and sounds. But for hundreds
and hundreds of years, hieroglyphics couldn’t be read
by anyone because the knowledge wasn’t passed on. The
Rosetta stone, which contained the same passage in hieroglyphics
and Greek, was discovered in 1799. It took until 1822 before
the code was finally cracked and hieroglyphics could once
again be read and understood. 
Perhaps
one of the most well-known features of Egypt is the pyramids.
The pyramids are the world’s oldest and largest stone
structures, and were built as tombs for the pharaohs. There
is debate about when they were built, but it is known that
it was at least 4000 years ago.
Ancient
Egyptians believed in life after death, and that the soul
needed its body in the afterlife. That is why bodies were
preserved through the process of mummification. It is said
that the goddess Isis weaved the first linen mummy wrappings
for her dead husband, Osiris after he was killed by their
brother, Seth. 
