EGYPTIAN CURIOSITIES YOU DIDN'T KNOW #history

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The Great Sphinx of Giza:

The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the largest and oldest statues in the world. It is approximately 73 meters long and 20 meters high, and it is believed to have been sculpted during the reign of Pharaoh Khafre (circa 2558–2532 BC). The sphinx has the body of a lion and the head of a man, likely representing the pharaoh himself. To this day, it remains a mystery how this colossal structure was built with the technologies of that time.

The Nile River and Egyptian Civilization:

The Nile River, the longest in the world, was crucial to the development of Egyptian civilization. Its annual floods fertilized the banks, allowing agriculture and the sustenance of large populations. The ancient Egyptian cities and their monuments, such as the pyramids, are located along the Nile, and many aspects of the cultural and economic life of ancient Egypt were shaped by this vital river.

Hieroglyphs: The Writing of the Gods:

The ancient Egyptians used a writing system called hieroglyphs, consisting of over 700 symbols. Each symbol could represent a word, a sound, or a concept. This writing was considered sacred and was mainly used in religious monuments and funerary texts. The Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799, was crucial for the decipherment of hieroglyphs, as it contained the same text in hieroglyphs, Demotic, and ancient Greek, allowing scholars to finally understand this ancient language.