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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.
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parasols
appeared in ancient
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sometimes kneaded
bread dough with
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after opening the
chamber, sparking
rumors of a mummy’s
curse in the 1920s.
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2650 B.C.—
were made of six
stepped platforms,
unlike the smoothly
sloped (^) Pyramids
at Giza.
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BY ALLYSON SHAW
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS RULED
FROM ABOUT 3100 TO 30 B.C.
UNWRAP SOME FACTS ABOUT
THIS AMAZING CULTURE.
About 2.3 million
stone blocks—some
weighing about
as much as two African
elephants—make up the
Great Pyramid at Giza.
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