Relacionar Columnas ANCIENT EGYPTVersión en línea Revision for the test. por Isabel Vílchez Ocaña 1 Why were Egyptian Temples so important? 2 Hieroglyphs are 3 Hypogeum 4 Who were Pharaohs? 5 Scribes 6 Peasants 7 The pyramids are 8 Egyptians need the Nile River for 9 How long did the Egyptian civilisation last? When did it begin and end? 10 Nobles 11 mummies are 12 What are the main characteristics of Egyptian religion? Ancient Egyptian writing system. They wrote on papyrus and used colours. It has more than 700 symbols. Because they built them for the gods. It lasted around 3000 years. It began in 3100 BC and ended in 31 AD. Members of the Pharaoh's family that had wealth and riches. They fought against foreigners and protected the Egyptian lands. The Pharaoh had all the power. They were considered as gods. - They were polytheistic. They believed in many gods. - They believed in life after death. tombs 9 out of 10 Egyptians were peasants. They were farmers, construction workers people who died and then they were covered with cloth It was a tomb dug into the rock with an interior as labyrinth as the one of the pyramids. the water , the cultivations, transport, travel or fish