Egyptian Historical Facts That You Might Not Know About Ancient Egypt
1) Are you aware that the Holy Family left from Bethlehem to Egypt, after an angel warned Joseph to take Jesus, and the Virgin Mary and leave. They started their journey through Sinai until they reached Farama, Egypt. Most of the Places the family stayed at have been transferred to churches and monasteries.
Ancient Egypt Artifacts
2) Did you know that Ancient Egyptians, both men, and women used to wear makeup
3) Ancient Egyptians were the first civilization to invent paper and invent the forms of writing
4) Ancient Egyptians invented medicine, makeup, and other cosmetics
5) The God of Egyptians, was Osiris. The god Osiris was the most important god of the underworld. He also symbolizes death and resurrection.
6) Do you believe in the Pharaoh’s Curse? sorry, it’s a myth!
7) Do you know why the Sphinx has a lion’s body, and whom does he represent? The Sphinx represents King Khafre and the lion’s body representing the power of the King.
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics
8) Did you know that Egyptian Hieroglyphs has more than 700-symbols, all Ancient Egyptians were asked to learn
9) Did you know that the Ancient Egyptians were the first to invent the clock, and they were also the first to create a calendar with 365-days and that it breaks down to 12-months
Luxury Egypt Tours: Escorted Egypt Tours Packages — Egypt Tours and Travel
Dahabeya Nile Sail — Egypt Tours and Travel
10) The infamous Greek historian Herodotus used a synopsis while addressing how critical the River Nile to Egypt and the Egyptian people by being quoted saying “Egypt is the gift of the Nile”. That is true because, with no Nile River, there would have been no Egypt, but a mere desolate desert.
The Massive Temples Of Abu Simbel
11) Did you know that Upper Egypt is areas like the town of Luxor, Esna, Edfu, Aswan, and Abu Simbel. However, if you look at an Egypt map, these towns are located in Southern Egypt, and on the reverse side, towns like Cairo and Alexandria are called Lower Egypt, even though they are located in the Upper North part of Egypt. Do you know why? it’s the flow of the River Nile direction.
Egypt Tour Packages With And Without A Nile Cruise
12) Did you know that when the High Dam in Aswan was built, it threatened the famous temples of Abu Simbel by completely flooding them. Accordingly, Egypt asked UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1959 to intervene to protect the heritage and the sites. UNESCO agreed and they cut the temples into 16,200 marked pieces and moved them to a higher location away from the flood zone, built a manmade hill, and reassebled the temples again. It took more than 2500 engineers and scientists to be able to pull the project through. The project took 9-years to complete. Moving cut pieces that weighed between 4 and up to 21-tons each, that had to be precisely numbered and put together.
13) Did you know that Queen Cleopatra was not Egyptian! She was a Greek Macedonians
14) Did you know that Ancient Egyptians invented board games
15) Did you know that some Ancient Egyptian Kings married their sisters and half-sisters. These kinds of marriages affirmed that the Queen was to be readied to her duties from childhood.
For more information about Ancient Egypt, please go to Egypt Jordan and Israel Luxury Tour Packages
By Egypt Tours And Travel of Chicago www.EgyptTours.com
