Year 4 - Introduction to Ancient Egypt
Date: 25th Feb 2025 @ 3:35pm
Information we found on our information run:
- The people that ruled are called Pharaohs
- The ancient Egyptians used a form of picture of writing called hieroglyphics
- The pharaohs stopped ruling when Romans took control about 2000 years ago
- Pyramid contained the dead pharaoh who was buried with jewels and objects that were often robbed
- The ancient Egyptians lived in mud houses with flat roofs
- Most of Egypt is a desert of sand and rocks
- The river Nile floods every year. As the water goes down after the flood it leaves behind very rich soil
- The boy king Tutankhamun is the most famous pharaoh
- The ancient Egypt had lots of gold
- The people were ruled by a king called a pharaoh
- There were people living in Egypt about 5,000 years ago
- The ancient Egyptians used a form of picture writing called hieroglyphics
- The most important crops to the ancient Egyptians were wheat and barley from which they made bread and beer
In the smart task we found these things which were incorrect:
- Measuring tape
- Our alphabet
- Tractor
- Dome shaped buildings
- Watering hose
- Books
- Flask
- Fishing rod
