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ancient Egypt this mysterious land
mystical place which has captured the
imagination of people for thousands of
years five amazing facts about ancient
Egypt the first fact in ancient Egypt
a woman enjoyed the same rights under
the law as a man Egyptian women enjoyed
greater social standing than many women
of other societies Egyptian women were
able to acquire to own and to dispose of
property the second mind-blowing fact
the Great Pyramid of Giza one of the
seven wonders of the world consisted of
2.5 million blocks of stone covering
more than 13 acres of land each stone
estimated to weigh approximately between
2 and 20 tons and they still don’t know
how the pyramid was built but that’s not
all
the third amazing fact the ancient
Egyptians love board games Senate is a
board game from pre-dynastic and ancient
Egypt the oldest hieroglyph representing
a Senate game dates to around 3100 BC
and it does resemble the modern game of
chess
the fourth mind-blowing fact ancient
Egyptians use the writing called
hieroglyphics meaning sacred carving
they use pictures to represent different
objects actions sounds or ideas this
writing uses more than 2,000
hieroglyphic characters and not all have
been deciphered the fifth mind-blowing
fact is that there is evidence from
french researchers showing that ancient
egyptians were vegetarians and that they
had a deep connection to the universe
the cannabis plant was also used by
egyptians for medicinal purposes and
there is still so much to be covered
revealed and explored in this magical land called ancient egypt
ancient Egypt this mysterious land
mystical place which has captured the
imagination of people for thousands of
years five amazing facts about ancient
Egypt the first fact in ancient Egypt
a woman enjoyed the same rights under
the law as a man Egyptian women enjoyed
greater social standing than many women
of other societies Egyptian women were
able to acquire to own and to dispose of
property the second mind-blowing fact
the Great Pyramid of Giza one of the
seven wonders of the world consisted of
2.5 million blocks of stone covering
more than 13 acres of land each stone
estimated to weigh approximately between
2 and 20 tons and they still don’t know
how the pyramid was built but that’s not
all
the third amazing fact the ancient
Egyptians love board games Senate is a
board game from pre-dynastic and ancient
Egypt the oldest hieroglyph representing
a Senate game dates to around 3100 BC
and it does resemble the modern game of
chess
the fourth mind-blowing fact ancient
Egyptians use the writing called
hieroglyphics meaning sacred carving
they use pictures to represent different
objects actions sounds or ideas this
writing uses more than 2,000
hieroglyphic characters and not all have
been deciphered the fifth mind-blowing
fact is that there is evidence from
french researchers showing that ancient
egyptians were vegetarians and that they
had a deep connection to the universe
the cannabis plant was also used by
egyptians for medicinal purposes and
there is still so much to be covered
revealed and explored in this magical land called ancient egypt
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