Ancient Egyptians Ethnic Minority Gypsy Roma Traveller Achievement

Ancient Egyptians Ethnic Minority Gypsy Roma Traveller Achievement

ﺍﻟﻤﺼﺮﻳﻮﻥ ﺍﻟﻘﺪﻣﺎﺀ Arabic Senovės egiptiečiai Lithuanian Senie ēģiptieši Latvian Antiguos egipcios Spanish Starożytni Egipcjanie Polish ﻗﺪیﻢ ﻣﺼﺮی Urdu Stari Egipčani Slovenian Древние египтяне Russian Egipteni antici Romanian

Where is Egypt? United Kingdom (UK) Egypt Map of the World

Map of the River Nile

The ancient Egyptian civilisation began 5, 000 years ago when people started building villages next to the River Nile in north-east Africa. It lasted for around 3, 000 years. Egypt is a country that is partly in Africa and partly in Asia.

The River Nile Most of Egypt is a desert, but along the River Nile the soil is rich and fertile, this is good land to grow crops. The river was very important to the Ancient Egyptians.

The river was an important source of water in a hot and dry desert landscape. It enabled the ancient Egyptians to grow lots of crops like wheat, barley, fruit and vegetables. They also grew flax to make clothes and papyrus to make paper. The ancient Egyptians were very good farmers. Farmers planting crops Farmers collecting crops of wheat

Images of Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt Pharaohs were the kings or queens of Ancient Egypt ● Faraonii Egiptului Antic starożytnego Egiptu . Senās Ēģiptes faraoni. ﻗﺪیﻢ ﻣﺼﺮ کے ﻓﺮﻋﻮﻥ . Faraonowie ● Senovės Egipto faraonai Древнего Египта . Faraoni starega Egipta. Faraones del antiguo Egipto. Фараоны ● ﻓﺮﺍﻋﻨﺔ ﻣﺼﺮ ﺍﻟﻘﺪﻳﻤﺔ

What clothes did Egyptians wear?

Ancient Egyptians made clothes from flax. The seeds could be eaten and the stem of the plant could be spun and woven into a textile (cloth). Flax growing in a field and flax seeds. Flax crop

What did the children of Ancient Egypt dress like? Most young children went around completely naked. When they were six years old they began to wear clothes that would protect them from the intense dry heat. What did Egyptian men wear? Men of the working classes (e. g. farmers) wore a loincloth or short kilt and sometimes a type of shirt. Dress made of linen What did Egyptian women wear? Women wore straight dresses with one or two shoulder straps. Loincloth or short kilt made of linen

Why did the Ancient Egyptians wear make-up and jewellery? The Egyptians wore make-up and jewels to honour the gods. Both men and women wore blue and green eyeshadow and black eyeliner. amulet eyeshadow eyeliner earrings necklace One item of jewellery, the amulet, was believed to protect the owners and give them strength.

Hieroglyphics scribe Hieroglyphs examples

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving’. This is because the ancient Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods. This is not surprising because hieroglyphs were very beautiful. In Ancient Egypt, the people who wrote hieroglyphs were called scribes. A scribe had to go to a special school to learn how to do it, because it was very complicated. Hieroglyphs included around 700 different signs of objects and animals. Scribe

The hieroglyph alphabet Practise writing your name in hieroglyphs

Papyrus The inside of the triangular stalk was cut or peeled into long strips. These strips were then laid out in two layers, one horizontal and one vertical, and pressed and dried to form a papyrus sheet. The inside of the triangular stalk was cut or peeled into long strips. To make a sheet of papyrus to write on would take 6 -7 days.

Pyramids The pyramids were the burial places of the Pharaohs, they were full of treasure. All the Pharaoh’s riches and belongings were buried with him to keep him happy in the afterlife.

What did the Ancient Egyptians eat? Often the food you ate depended on your class. Richer people (like priests and Pharaohs) ate meat, eggs, figs and grapes. Poorer people, like farmers, ate bread and onions. Everyone loved garlic. figs onions grapes garlic eggs bread

Jobs in Ancient Egypt There was a large variety of jobs in Ancient Egypt. There were bakers, scribes, farmers, priests, doctors, craftsmen, merchants and many more. doctor pottery maker scribe baker farmer Jobs were usually inherited from your parents – if your father was a farmer, it would be very likely that you would become a farmer too.

Ancient Egyptian homes Homes were built with bricks made of mud and straw. The ancient Egyptians invented moulds to make bricks. The bricks were dried in the sun. Bricks made of mud Ancient Egyptian homes

Crocodiles like to swim in the river too! Children swimming in the river. While swimming in the river Nile the children had to be on the lookout for crocodiles!

Pets Cats – they were loved because Egyptians thought cats brought good luck and protection. Dogs – they were used to protect the family and guard the home.

The simplest type of boats used was the skiff. It was made from papyrus reeds that were tied together. Skiffs were used skiff for fishing on the Nile and hunting in the marshes close to the river. Papyrus reeds sails A small boat propelled by oars or lateen sails or both, were used on the Nile. Sailing boat Ethnic Minority Gypsy Roma Traveller Achievement