History, Timeline &
Facts about Egypt
Interesting facts about the Ancient
Egyptians
Egypt is one of the major tourist attractions in the World.
The civilisation and culture of the Ancient Egyptians has
intrigued people for many years. Their tombs, their fabulous
wealth their architecture. The pyramids, the sphinx, hieroglyphics
and the Pharaohs all add to the intrigue, mystery and interest in
the Ancient Egyptians. The fascination for the past results in the
tourist interest of today
History, Timeline &
Facts about Egypt
Modern
History, Timeline & Facts about Egypt
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1100s Christian Crusaders from Europe invade Egypt
1168 The Fatimid ruler receives help from Saladin who forces
the Crusaders out of Egypt
1171 Saladin overthrows the Fatimid ruler and becomes the
sultan of Egypt forming the Ayyubid dynasty
1250 The Mamelukes seized control of Egypt andBaybars, the
Mameluke general, became sultan
1517 Ottoman forces invaded Egypt
Mid 1700s The Ottomans and the Mamelukes competed for
Egyptian control
1798 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt and the Mamelukes were
defeated in the Battle of the Pyramids
1801 The French were forced out of Egypt by the Ottomans,
with the help of the British
1805 - 1849 Muhammad Ali, an officer in the Ottoman army,
established himself as the ruler of Egypt and the Mamelukes
1854-1863 Said Pasha ruled Egypt
1859 The construction of the Suez Canal began
1869 The Suez Canal opened and the British bought the
Egyptian shares
Late 1800s-Early 1900s The Egyptian khdive ruled Egypt
overseen by British administrators
1914-1918 World War I
1914 Egypt becomes a British protectorate
1922 Egypt is granted its independence and an Egyptian
constitutional monarchy is established
1939 - 1945 World War II
1940 Italian and German troops invade Egypt to try and
capture the Suez Canal
1942 The Allies halt the German advance in the Battle of El
Alamein
1945 Egypt formed the Arab League with other Arab nations
1947 The United Nations vote to divide Palestine into a
Jewish and Arab state
1948 Israel was formed which prompted Egypt and other Arab
nations to go to war
June 1953 Egypt was declared a republic
1950s Egypt supported the Palestinian Arabs to regain
control of Palestine from the Israelis
October 1956 Israel invaded Egypt and occupied the Sinai
Peninsula
1958 Syria and Egypt formed a political union called the
United Arab Republic
1961 Syria withdrew from the U.A.R.
5 June 1967 The Six Day War
1968 The Aswan High Dam opened
1971 Sadat changed the official name of the country to the
Arab Republic of Egypt
1978 The Camp David Accords and Sadat meets with Israeli
Prime Minster Menachem Begin in the USA. The agreement
guaranteed the return of the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt
1979 Egypt was removed from the Arab League, because other
Arab nations felt the Sadat had given up too much in the
agreements with Israel
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Facts about
Hieroglyphics - a system of writing, such as that of ancient
Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning
or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound
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Facts about the
Pyramids at Giza
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The Great Pyramid
is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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An estimated
20,000 to 30,000 workers built the Pyramids at Giza over a
period of 80 years.
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Facts about the
Sphinx - A figure in Egyptian myth having the body of a lion and
the head of a man, ram, or hawk.
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The most famous
Sphinx is the Great Sphinx at Giza. The the entire length of the
Great Sphinx at Giza is 150 feet long, the head is 30 feet long
and 14 feet wide and the paws themselves are 50 feet long.
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The Great Sphinx
dated to within a few years of 2500 BC.
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Facts about the
riddle of the Sphinx. ( This is attributed to Greek mythology,
the Sphinx of Thebes from Greek mythology who asked this riddle
of all travellers who passed by. If the traveller failed to
solve the riddle, then the Sphinx would kill them )
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What is the riddle
of the Sphinx?
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What is the answer
to the riddle of the Sphinx
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"A man. He crawls
on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and
walks with a cane in old age."
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The Sphinx riddle
refers to morning, noon, and night which are metaphors for the
times in a man's life
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What was a Pharoah?
A Pharaoh was a king of ancient Egypt - the most famous of the
Pharaohs are detailed on the Timeline below.
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Facts about
Egyptian Mummys:
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Ancient Egyptians
believed that when the pharaoh died that his spirit stayed
within his body and that he became Osiris, king of the dead.
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The Ancient
Egyptians believed that if they did not take proper care of
the corpse then the dead Pharoah would not be able to perform
his duties in the Afterworld and that disaster would befall
Egypt.
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The dead pharaoh
was therefore mummified, which preserved his body.
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The process of
mummification involved removing all moisture and internal
organs, drying the body and anointing it with preserving
chemicals
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Facts about the
tombs of the Pharaohs of Egypt:
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The Pharaoh was
buried with fabulous treasures to ensure he would have a good
life in the afterworld
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The Pyramids were
built as monuments to the Pharaohs
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The tombs of
Pharaohs were believed to hold a curse
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"Death comes on
wings to he who enters the tomb of a pharaoh."
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Howard Carter
entered King Tutankhamen's burial chamber on February 17,
1923
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On March 6,
Lord Carnarvon, who funded the expedition to open the tomb,
was bitten on the cheek by a mosquito
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The mosquito
bite became infected, he contracted pneumonia, and he died
on April 5
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This fuelled
the belief that the tombs of Pharaohs were cursed and that
the most dire punishment would befall anyone who raided the
tomb
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It is believed
that the Ancient Egyptians spread secret poisons before
sealing a tomb
History, Timeline & Facts about Egypt
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Pharaoh - Pharaohs
- Giza - Pyramid - Great - Tombs - Mummys - Hieroglyphics - Sphinx
- Riddle - Curse - Mummification - Osiris - Tutankhamen - Howard
Carter - Lord Carnarvon
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