Ancient Egypt PowerPoint
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Ancient Egypt
By Charlie Williamson, Rosie Lappin, Jack Johnston, Ryan Liggett, Lucy
Johns, Zoe Hylands and David Ruddell
Marvellous Mud
Floods from the River Nile left behind thick,
black mud. This was the perfect soil for
growing wheat, barley and veg. Egyptian
farmers also raised cattle, sheep, pigs and
geese.
Fun Fact
Egypt became a powerful
kingdom about 5,000 years
ago.
Buried Treasure
The Egyptians believed that dead people
went on to another life they filled their dead
rulers tombs with things they might need
in the next life like jewels and food.
Picture Writing
The Egyptians used a kind of picture writing
called hieroglyphics. Each picture stood for
a different word or sound. The pictures
were painted on to walls .
Word box
Falcon-A fierce hunting bird.
Fertlie-produces good crops.
Tomb-a special place were kings were buried.
Egyptian Make-up
Egyptians liked to look good. They wore
simple cloths and lots of jewels, powder and
round their eyes. They used blue and green
paint so that their brown eyes looked bigger
and brighter. They blackened their lashes
and painted their eye brows longer than
they really were.
Egyptian Pyramids
By Jonathan McElhinney,Luke Nicholl,Calum Kermath,
Shelley Walker, Adam Ovadia, Leah Heaney and Ryan Dawson
Pyramid facts • Did you know the great pyramid of Giza is the
most famous pyramid in the world.
• The first pyramid was built at Sakkara around
2700 B.C. for King Zoser by his vizier imhotet.
The great pyramid took
5,000 men to build it and took over 20 years to
Build. It is completely made from over 2.3
million blocks of stone.
The smallest pyramid is 73 metres high.
Photos of Pyramids
Egyptian Gods
By Rhys Whithorn , John Patience, Alexandra Warren,
Laura Jordan, Hannah Spence, Dylan McCauley and Alexander Seifert.
Facts about Gods
There are more than 2000 gods.
There is a god called osiris whose brother seth captured him and thrEW him in the river nile.
There are loads of other gods such as ra, hathor, sekhmet, nut, geb, horus, isis, thoth, anubis, ma’at, amun and bastet.
Our Research
The lion-headed Sekhmet. A goddess, whose
wrath was frightful and whose appetite for flesh was ravenous.
King khafre, protected by horus. This life size figure of the pyramid king is made of grained diorite.
our research [continued]
coptic christianity triumphed and
the last great symbol of the old
gods, the temple of isis at philae was
closed in 551 ad. The arrival of islam
in the 600s completed thE
transformation.
EGYPTIAN GOD PICTURES
HERE ARE SOME GODS.
iSIS
ISIS IS THE WIFE OF OSIRIS AND MOTHEr
OF Horus on her lap. Sometimes she
has a throne on her head, as she is
queen of the goddesses.
Egyptian Jewellery
By Dean Irvine, Millie Nunn, Joshua Savage, Grace Mckinley , Josh Mitchell, Olivia Jones and
Kaleb Tait
Egyptian Jewellery
Tutankhamun wore a golden bracelet with a
blue beetle on it.
Poor people wore jewellery made of shells.
• People wore jewellery on their necks.
sometimes on their foot and on their wrist.
• Jewellery was sometimes made from
shells, rocks and gold.
Egyptian Jewellery
• In Egypt men and women both wore
jewellery and sometimes children too!
• Some golden jewellery was really
expensive in Ancient times.
• Even men wore earrings too!
Photos of Egyptian Jewellery
We hope you enjoyed our
Ancient Egypt PowerPoint
By Primary 5 Mrs Williamson