Ancient
Egyptians
by
The Reading Intervention Group
2009-2010
Desert
Egypt looks like a square, rockcovered beach. That’s because
the country is mostly desert.
Desert soil is sandy and rocky.
It is not good for farming.
Most of the land in Egypt is
part of the Sahara Desert.
Maxim
In July, there was flooding in
Egypt. The flooding made mud,
and the mud is good.
Laurenze
Egyptian Houses
They slept on their roof. Why did
they cook on the roof?
of the black land for farming.
Most ancient Egyptians were
would peek beneath the roof
farmers. They lived in villages
and towns in the black land
along the Nile River. Their
houses were very close to each
Egyptians had flat roofs. If you
of an Egyptian’s house, you
would see a bed, headrests,
small tables, tools, carpets and
little chairs. Families often did
other. That’s because
their cooking on the roof.
Egyptians wanted to save most
Ryan
Ancient Egyptians cared a
great deal how they looked.
Clothes
Wealthy Egyptian men and
Women tore their clothes and
women both wore eye makeup
cried out when a king died.
and wigs. They also wore
Egyptian children didn’t wear
necklaces, bracelets and rings.
clothes. Men and women wore
They loved perfume.
wigs, makeup and jewelry. A
Hannah
children’s hair style was side
locks.
Kathy
Egyptian Writing
People wrote different things
and did labels, but how did
they know where they hid the
mummies? How did they get
into the pyramid if they closed
the door or if they locked it?
Giovanni
Why Did They Build Pyramids?
Egyptians built pyramids, because so that when dogs or people died
(even cats) they turned it into mummies so that they could put the
mummies inside the pyramids. That’s why they built the pyramids.
Samantha
Beliefs
The first life was the body. Khufu could speak and eat again in the
afterlife. People put the dead person in a boat, and the boat took
the dead person to a pyramid.
Lilia
Cat Goddess
Bastet was the cat
goddess. They believed
she was the goddess of
joy, love, music, dance
and sun.
Bella
Lion God
Bes was one of the Egyptians’
favorite gods. He was short,
chubby and happy. He had a
lion’s earns and tail. He had the
body and face of a man. Bes
brought joy.
Maria
Bird Goddesses
The god thought he had a
head of a bird. The bird
was an ibis, so ibis mummies
were made.
Rychannar