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Ancient Egypt

6000 B.C.

• In 6000BC early people settled in the Nile valley. Egyptians began to use clay and silt from the river to make pottery vessels.

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5000 B.C.

• Around 5000BC many Egyptians farmed sheep and cattle. Some Egyptians grew wheat and barley on the fertile land on the Nile valley.

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4500 B.C. • Around 4500BC, sails were used on Egyptian ships for the first time. Boats were the main form of transport in Ancient Egypt.

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3500 B.C.

• Around 3500BC craftsmen began to create the first wall paintings using hieroglyphic symbols in the Egyptian writing system.

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3000 B.C.

• Around 3000BC walled towns and villages were built in Egypt. The first buildings were made of mud brick.

2500 B.C.

• Around 2500BC Egyptians built the Great Sphinx and the Great Pyramid at Giza. 2500BC to 2000BC was the 'Old Kingdom' period.

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1550 B.C.

• It was around 1550BC that many of the

royal tombs were built in the

Valley of the Kings. 1500BC - 332BC was the period of the 'New Kingdom'.

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Valley of the Kings

• Decorations in the tombs vary greatly. Usually the sacred texts cover the walls and sarcophagus, collectively known as the 'Books of the Dead'. The text, was intended to aid the deceased, on his journey through the netherworld.

1325 B.C.

• Around 1325BC, King Tutankhamen was buried in the Valley of the Kings. In 1922 his tomb was discovered.

Movin’ Tut

• Inside King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt, in January 2005, Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, removes padding to reveal the mummy. www.nationalgeographic.com

• Tut is prepared for CT scanning in a specially equipped van on January 5, 2005.

Detailed scans found no physical evidence of murder, Hawass said afterwards. But the scans did reveal unusual features, including a broken leg, which some experts think may have led to the boy king's death.

Extreme makeover?

• French forensic anthropologist Jean-Noël Vignal's "skull map" was used to make this silicone-skinned reconstruction of Tut's face.

• Forensic sculptor Elisabeth Daynès used tissue-depth information to lay clay over plastic skull models. She then added layers of fleshlike silicone, estimating the king’s eyebrow thickness and approximate shape and size of the nose, lips, and ears.

• “Abbey” in hieroglyphics. Don’t worry…you’ll get to make yours too!