Sunday, February 24, 2008

Egypt

Egypt is a country in the north-east of Africa. There was a big civilisation which made the pyramids and believed in gods such as Ra, Osiris or Set. They made rituals which they had to be finished before the Sun goes down to the darkness.

They were a developed civilisation. They studied mathematics, geometry and they were very organized with a big knowledge

All country is surrounded by sand, but there is the biggest river in the world: the Nile.
It travels around 4,000 miles long and all the people grew vegetables and plants.
The Nile is the gift of Egypt.
One of the most amazing things is pyramids. They are made by blocks of stone which can weight 50,000 kilograms or more. They are more than 500 feet height.
Pyramids were used for a link between the sky and the Earth and they were the tombs of the pharaohs. Moreover they hid important treasures and food for the travel to arrive at the sky.

But then appeared the robbers, they looted the treasures so pharaohs decided to build tombs where people couldn’t see, but they were also looted.
The only tomb which wasn’t looted was Tutankhamen’s tomb. It was discovered in 1933 by Howard Carter and it had wonderful things.

1 comment:

laia said...

I like that film because I think Egypt is so misterious, interesting and at the same time wonderful.
Furthermore thwe idea of the old man who told the young girl the history of Egypt is so original. The images were fantastic because you can see Egypt like when you go there.

Egypt is so beautiful.
The pyramids are very big and they have long corridors so that the thieves can't steal pharaoh's treasure.

Also, the Giant Statues which are so heavy.
It's so interesting too,the Tutankhamen's tomb. a Egyptian pharaoh because he has a misterious history.

So, how did Egyptian people create all of that?
I will like to visit Egypt in the future.