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Questions

1. How many bricks does it take to make a Pyramid ?

2. How tall was King Tutankhamen ?

3. How long is the river Nile ?

4. What did an Egyptians diet consist of in Ancient Egypt ?

5. Why do they use Camels instead of horses ?

6. What is the Sphinx ?

7. Why do Egyptians almost always wear white ?

8. How hot does it get in Egypt ?

9. How often does it rain in Egypt ?

10. What is Papyrus paper made from ?

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Answers

1. 2 Million 300 Thousand bricks Approx.

2. King Tutankhamen was 162cm or 5 foot 4 inches tall.

3. The Nile is 6,825 kilometres (4,237 miles) long.

4. Bread and cereals, meat, fish and fruit, beer & wine.

5. Camels can last much longer without water or food and can carry heavier loads than horses. They are much better equipped for the desert climate.

6. It is a giant statue carved from one large mound of stone. The body is of a lion and the head is of a king or god. King Khafre probably had it built to complement the Great Pyramid directly behind it.

7. Egypt being a very hot country meant the Egyptians needed to wear light and cool clothes which were mostly white linen to reflect the suns rays.The fabric was mostly quite transparent but the Egyptians were not ashamed of their body's.

8. A high of 43 degrees celsius and a low of 25.

9. It does not rain between June and September and then about 3,5 inches of rain for the rest of the year.

10. Papyrus paper in Ancient Egyptian times was made from the Cyperus Papyrus plant. This plant grew on the banks of the Nile but disappeared but has now been re introduced to the area. Street vendors in Cairo sell papyrus paper with lovely Egyptian symbols and images to tourists but the fact is they use banana skins to make the paper.