I decided to pop into my local museum to see if they had any exhibits on ancient Egypt/civilisations. Fortunately they did. They didn't have anything on the sacred geometry of giza, or nothing on the pyramids and sphinxes but they had a Egyptian tomb exhibit. They had some really beautiful artefacts.
The tomb was of Shep en-mut, she died around 3,000 years ago. Her family must have paid a lot for her burial. Her body was carefully mummified and placed in a painted coffin. This was probably buried in a tomb cut into a cliff face. There are clues in the paintings that suggest Shep en-mut was married. The remains of her body revealed that she was about 50 years old and suffered arthritis. Her coffin was given to the museum in 1897. It probably came from Thebes but we don't know who excavated it.
A River Kingdom
Egyptian civilisation grew up around the Nile. This great river flows though northern Africa into the mediterranean. Around 10,000 years ago the wet Egyptian climate began to get drier, and people moved to the fertile ground near the river. The nile usually flooded once a year, covering the fields with a dark silt, which was great for growing crops.
Around 5,000-6,000 years ago, the lands along the Nile became a kingdom ruled by a single leader. The first Egyptian kings were probably Namar and Aha, who ruled the city Memphis.
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