I hope you have enjoyed my Blogs up to now these are the most FAQs most people ask me.
For those of you who would like to know a little bit more, there is a book list at the bottom.
Q) How many pyramids did the Ancient Egyptians build?
A) Around 132 pyramids 108 pyramids still stand today.
Q) What is the biggest pyramid, which the Egyptians built?
A) The tallest pyramid is the pyramid of king Khufu, built in the IV Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.
Q) What are pyramids for?
A) Pyramids are tombs, the Ancient Egyptians called them the Houses or Mansions of Eternity.
Q) How long did Tutankhamun live for?
A) Tutankhamun lived approximately 18 – 19 years of age, he ruled Egypt for around 9 years, however current research suggests he lived until 23.
Q) Is there really a city called Hamunaptra, like in the film the Mummy?
A) No, its just Hollywood.
Q) Do Scarab Beatles really eat people?
A) Scarab Beatles do not eat people, the symbol of the Scarab Beatle Represents, new life for the soul, after the judgement of Osiris.
Q) Where is the Ancient Egyptian afterlife?
A) The Egyptians believed that the afterlife was where the gods were, According to the myth of Osiris, when the gods left Egypt they became The nighttime stars, so the afterlife is the nighttime sky.
Q) Why did the Egyptians Mummify bodies?
A) The Egyptians mummified bodies so that the deceased body would be Preserved and the Ka (soul) could return to Earth and sleep inside the Mummy, during the hours of daylight.
Q) What does the word Mummy mean?
A) When the Arabs robed the tombs in modern history, to sell the Valuables, which were inside the wrappings of a Mummy, they Thought the smell of the embalmers preservation fluid from the Mummy wrapping was bitumen, which in Arabic means Moomy.
The Ancient Egyptians called mummies “The house of the Ka”. Which means 'The House of the Spirit'.
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Beginners Books - Value for Money Titles
Shire Egyptology Titles
Egyptian Woodworking & Furniture Geoffrey Killen 0747802394
Egyptian Boats & Ships Steve Vinson 074780222X
Egyptian Faience & Glass P.T. Nicholson 0747801959
Egyptian Shabtis H.M. Stewart 0747803013
Egyptian Rock-Cut Tombs Aidan Dodson 9780747801283
Tutankhamun`s Egypt Frances Welsh 0747801967
Egyptian Warfare & Weapons Ian Shaw 9780747801429
Egyptian Pyramids & Mastaba Tombs Philip Watson 9780852638538
Akhenaten`s Egypt Angela P Thomas 9780852639733
Graeco-Roman Egypt Simon P Ellis 9780747801580
Research Titles
Penguin Guide to Ancient Egypt W.J. Murnane 0-14-046952-4
Egypt V Davies & R Friedman 9780714119113
Chronicle of the Pharaohs Peter Clayton 0500050740
Dictionary of Ancient Egypt I Shaw & P Nicholson 0714109827
Papyrus R. Parkinson &S. Quirke 0714109797
Specialist Research Titles
The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Ancient Egypt Redford 9774245814
Porter & Moss Bertha Porter & Rosalind Moss 0900416106
History of the Giza Necropolis G.A. Reisner Oxford University Press
Decoration in Egyptian Tombs of The Old Kingdom Yvonne Harpur 0710302282
Symbol & Magic in Egyptian Art R.H. Wilkinson 0500236631
Death & the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt John H Taylor 0714119172
The Ancient Egyptian Book of The Dead R.O. Faulkner 0714109460