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Menes, or Narmer was the first Egyptian Pharao in conquer upper an d lower Egypt, he unified them in 3100 B.C.

The Step pyramid was the first stone pyramid (Saggara/Djoser) and is different from the others Egyptian pyramids because isn't flat and had steps

The fisrt Stone Pyramid was the Step Pyramid (Saqqara/Djoser), it was built at Saggara and was specially built for Pharaoh Djoser. This pyramid is different from the others later Egyptian pyramids because it had steps and the other ones were flat (had no steps).

The Pyramids of Giza were built at the 4th dynasty. Tutankhamun was pharaoh near the end of the 18th dynasty. His tomb was discovered in 1922 and the most amazing thing about this discovering was that it was the first tomb found that had not been emptied bye tomb robbers.

The Rosseta Stone was made in 196 B.C. and it was used to record and agreement between a group of Priest and Egyptian Government. That agreement was written in three languages: Hieroglyphic, Demotic and Ancient Greek.

In 1822 Jean Francois Champollion discovered how to read Egyptian Hieroglyphs.

The three pyramids of Giza are Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu
The largest of the Giza Pyramids is Khufu. The Sphinx is found in front of the pyramid Khafre. The Sphinx has the body of a lion and the face of Pharaoh Khafra. The Sphinx is 57 m long and 20 m high.
Egyptians first cut the body on the left side to remove internal organs. It was important because they are the first part of the body to descompose.

Then they put natron inside the body. Natron is a salt and it helped to dry the dead bodies.

They didn't take out the heart of the body because they believed that the heart was the center of feelings and intelligence and that man will need it in afterlife.

 


They take the brain out of the body using a hook through the nose.
After all this, they stuffed the body with natron so that the body will become dry.
After 40 days they washed the body with water of the Nile and after this they covered it with oils to keep skin stay elastic.

They used Caponic Jars to hold internal organs. This Caponic Jars were also named the "Four Sons of Horus" and each have a different headed-form.

Name of the god
internal organ
type of head
imsety
liver
human
hapy
lungs
baboon
duamutef
stomach
jackal
Qebehsenuef
Instestines
falcos
After all that they put between the layers of line wrapping amulets so the body will be protected during the journey to underworld.
Between the hands of the corpse, they put a Papyrus Scroll with spells from the Book of Death. They used coffins and after they put them inside the tomb they also put furniture, clothing, valuable objects, food and drink.