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      The ancient Egyptians made up what 

was once a thriving and prosperous 

culture. They were a hard-working 

nation, made up of a wide variety of 

people. 

      You are invited to read on and learn 

a little bit about the ways of the ancient 

Egyptians. 

      A Pharaoh is the title of a king in 

ancient Egypt. He was the most 

powerful person in the land, and ruled 

over political and religious decisions. 

When a Pharaoh's land was threatened, 

he would go to war, and if the war was 

won, the people of the land were 

required to recognize the pharaoh as 

their ruler. Dutifully, civilians would 

offer their richest and most valuable 

goods to their ruler. 

       Early ancient Egyptians buried bodies in the hot, 

dry sand, resulting in a burnt, dehydrated corpse. In 

order to protect the bodies from the threat of 

animals, they started to use coffins when burying 

bodies, but soon realized that the bodies 

decomposed in a coffin. 

       In order to preserve the lifelike state of the 

dead, the ancient people started to embalm the 

bodies, and then wrap them in strips of linen. This 

process is called mummification. 

Embalm: To treat a dead body with preservatives to keep it looking lifelike. Ancient 

Egyptian embalmers used natron and oils to preserve bodies.

Ancient Egypt was considered to contain two 

distinct types of treasured land. The black land 

was the land that was located close to the Nile 

River, and was rich in soil, so was widely used 

by farmers to grow crops. Every year, after the 

Nile flooded, rich, black silt was deposited there. 

The second type of treasured land was called the 

red land. This massive and barren desert 

covered Egypt, and provided protection from the 

threat of attacks from neighboring regions. The 

red land was rich in metals and stones, which 

proved to be valuable to the Egyptians.  

       Pyramids, or houses of eternity, were 

giant tombs that were built by the common 

men for the Pharaohs and Queens of Egypt. 

They are made of large blocks of stone that 

would be cut and dragged by groups of men 

across the hot desert, and placed, level after 

level, until reaching a point at the top. This 

spot was saved for the final block of gold. 

Limestone was used to cover the pyramid to 

make the outer layer smooth and polished. It 

took the men some 20 years to complete a 

single pyramid. 

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