How were the pyramids built?

The pyramids were built by thousands of skilled workers who cut and moved massive stone blocks weighing up to 2.5 tons each. They used ramps, levers, and rollers to move the blocks into place. The Great Pyramid of Giza took about 20 years to build and contains over 2 million stone blocks!

King Tutankhamun, called King Tut, was an Egyptian pharaoh who became king at just 9 years old around 1332 BC. He died at age 19 and was buried in a golden tomb. His tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter and was filled with over 5,000 treasures, including his famous golden death mask.

What are hieroglyphics?

Hieroglyphics were the writing system of Ancient Egypt using pictures and symbols. There were over 700 different hieroglyphic symbols! For thousands of years, no one could read them until the Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799, which helped scholars finally crack the code.

Egito Antigo para Crianças: Pirâmides, Faraós e Múmias!

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Seu guia completo sobre o Egito Antigo! Descubra faraós, pirâmides, múmias, hieróglifos e a incrível civilização ao longo do Rio Nilo.

O Egito Antigo foi uma das primeiras grandes civilizações do mundo, durando mais de 3.000 anos às margens do Rio Nilo! Os egípcios construíram pirâmides enormes que ainda estão de pé hoje, criaram um sistema de escrita usando imagens chamado hieróglifos e acreditavam que seus faraós eram deuses vivos.

O Egito Antigo era uma civilização no nordeste da África que durou de cerca de 3100 a.C. a 30 a.C. Os egípcios construíram as Grandes Pirâmides de Gizé, inventaram o papel papiro, desenvolveram a escrita hieroglífica e preservaram corpos como múmias. Governantes famosos incluem o Rei Tutancâmon (o rei menino) e Cleópatra (a última faraó).