Ancient Egypt
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Hieroglyphic sound chart
ah b c, k d
kh m n p
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r s t oo, u, w
Hieroglyphics
The Egyptians used
picture writing called
hieroglyphics. Symbols,
such as those below, stood
for letters and sounds.
The River Nile
in Egypt
Nile barges
were important
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The Sphinx
A huge stone statue, called
the Sphinx, guards the
pyramids at Giza. It has the
body of a lion and a human
head, which was modelled
on the pharaoh’s
own features.
The Nile floods
Each year, the River Nile
flooded and spread rich,
black soil on its banks.
Farmers grew crops in the
soil and used the river
water to water their fields.
The great Sphinx guards
the pyramid of a pharaoh
called Khafra.
A funeral
barge