The Egyptians were lucky as they lived along the River Nile. This meant that they could use the water to grow crops, to get food from and for soil.
You might have seen the big pyramids in Egypt, and also heard of the tombs. These were built for Pharaohs and their families after they had passed away.
When a loved one had passed away, they believed in preserving the body which was called mummification.
The Ancient Egyptians were kept busy by building pyramids! So far, over 130 pyramids have been found in Egypt.
Egyptians were great at coming up with things to heal the human body. They used mouldy bread to heal wounds quickly and to stop infection and a lot of the time, it worked!
It protected their skin from the hot sun but they also believed it had healing powers too. They usually wore green and black make up.
The Egyptians were great at inventing! They invented medicine, musical instruments, paper, pens, locks , keys, cosmetics and even… toothpaste!
Cats were very important and special in Egypt. They were considered sacred.
Their alphabet was formed hieroglyphs. It had over 700 of them!
A lot of them were shown to have a human body with an animals head. Some of the most famous ones were: