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Ancient Egypt

The Ancient Egyptians lived in Egypt around 3000BC. Their towns and villages were along the banks of the river Nile.Thanks to the river they had frhesh water,food and transportation.

The Pharaohs were the kings and queens of Egypt.The pharaoh was the head of the goverment and the most important person in Egypt.The great pyramids were the homes of the dead pharaohs.

The Ancient Egyptians had brick houses.The bricks were from mud and straw and were hard because of the hot sun.The houses did not have big windows.The roofs of the houses were flat.The rich had villas along the Nile.Some of these villas had 25 or 30 rooms.

Family,friends and especialy children were important to the Ancient Egyptians.Swimming,fishing,sailing and hunting were their fafourite free-time activities.

The Ancient Egyptians were hard-working people.Most of them were farmers.They also traders and builders.They were great craftsmen,too.Their paintings were very special.The paintings were on temple walls and inside the Pyramids and were about the life of the dead pharaohs.

The Ancient Egyptians had writin,but the writing didn't have letters.Instead, it had pictures.We call these pictures hieroglyphics.