8

Experts think priests raised

crocodiles

in the

Temple of

Kom Ombo

to honor the crocgod Sobek.

2

Ancient

workers

could

cut

a 100-foot-

tallobelisk—

a pillar-shaped

monument—

from a

single

blockof

stone.

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26 NAT GEO KIDS^ •^ FEBRUARY 2019

Cleopatra

sometimes gave

emeralds

asgiftsto

foreign officials.

Co

Anancient

sportmatched

two teams incanoes:

Players used a long pole

to move the boat

andknock

opponents

off theirvessel.

These people

worshipped over

2,000 gods^

and goddesses.

A

reci

ground-up

eggshells,

ox hooves,

and volcanic

rock.

A drawingfoundin

oneEgyptian

tombshows

a man walking a

mongoose

on a

leash.

Themummy-making process took about

70 days^ to

complete.

ly

Some ancient

Egyptians shaved

theireyebrows

after the death of a

pet cat.

The amount of

linen used to wrap

a single mummy

could cover three-

quarters of a professional

basketball court.

pillows,

Instead of

Substances in the

black eyeliner

worn by both men

and women might

have helped prevent

eye infections.

Egyptianssqueezed

sapfrom

mallow plants

andmixed itwith

honeyandnuts—

the world’s first

marshmallow.

many ancient

Egyptians slept on

headrests

wood or

stone.

made of

included

often ped

mummy

toesindividual

p

Egyptians believed that the^

Milky Way symbolized (^) milk
from the udders of a cow
goddess.
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