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Childrensometimes wore
charmsin theshapeof
fishas protection^
against drowning.
King Tutankhamun’s
tomb held 5,000
objects, including
six chariots, 139 walking
sticks, and a solid
gold coffin.
The temple ofPharaoh
Ramses IIwas built so
thatsunlight shinesinto
theinner room two days
each year—the estimated
dates for hisbirthdayand
coronation.
The oldest known
parasols
appeared in ancient
Ancient bakers
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bread dough with
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after opening the
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rumors of a mummy’s
curse in the 1920s.
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pyramids—built around (^)
2650 B.C.—
were made of six
stepped platforms,
unlike the smoothly
sloped (^) Pyramids
at Giza.
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ANCIENT EGYPTIANS RULED
FROM ABOUT 3100 TO 30 B.C.
UNWRAP SOME FACTS ABOUT
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stone blocks—some
weighing about
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elephants—make up the
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