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The ancient Egyptians settled there themselves on a narrow strip on soil along both sides of the bank of the Nile. Beyond this was barren land and rugged cliffs, and also hot deserts. -
The Gebelein predynastic mummies. They were the original mummies and they were way different from what they are now. The only people that were able to be mummified were people that were more rich than others such as the kings and queens. -
They created this writing to talk to each other and this is how they communicated for thousands of years. And a lot of writing collects a lot of important information -
This is when they first started writing there and it grows to great impact for the future on how they communicate. They made it so it's easier and more quickly to write. Early on they wrote it into stone -
There was three gant stone pyramids built in Giza. The one pyramid was made for the king Khafre, and it guarded by huge stone phinx with a lion body and kinds head. -
Senusret lll rules as the king. He then starts to expand the territory controlled by Egypt, and this was during his 39 year reign, ad well as Egypt being wealthy and powerful. -
Queen Neferusobek is one of the first female rulers in Egypt. She was the first ruler associated with a crocodile god. -
When they expanded they found gold and semi precious stones. The Egyptians take full control of Nubia.It is the region south of Egypt. -
Hatshepsut begins to rule Egypt. Only because of her stepson Thutmose lll was too young to rule. The most famous monument is a temple made for her. -
Akhenaten is now king. He is the one to beleive that the sun disc should br worshipped, Aten, should only be worshipped as a sun god. He discouraged the worship of other gods. -
Tutankhamun then became king at the young age of 19 years old, and in the 1900's some archaeologists found that his tomb was in the Valley of the Kings. -
Rames ruled for 66 years, While he was ruling he built temples everywhere. and had meant statues of him put up. they were all in Egypt and concured land. -
The mummification process is changed once again, and instead of placing the internal organs into special jars, they are put back into the dried body. -
Kings from a region to the south called Kush conquered Egypt. the Kushite kings ruled Egypt until about 664 BC. The last Kushite king of Egypt is called Tantamani. -
This writing is way faster and easier to write, this writing is used for business and now everyday writing for Egypt. -
After King Alexander of Macedon conquers Egypt, the country is ruled by his next in line, who becomes King Ptolemy. His descendants continue to rule for 300 years after that. -
it is a broken important monumental stone slab, which is a recorded agreement between an Egyptian priest and King Ptolemy V. -
She was the last independent ruler of egypt. she also spoke two fluent languages which are greek and egyptian. -
They had a new tradition come along to bring the mummification to life by painting pictures of the dead person on the board they were inside. -
The last known Hieroglyph is painted on the outside of a wall at the temple of Philae in southern Egypt.