Year 4 Ancient Egypt 1.5

After the discovery of King Tut's tomb, Egyptian art and architecture became very popular.

Ancient Egyptian writing is called...

Alphabets from these languages were influenced by hieroglyphics

What year was King Tut's Tomb discovered?

Hieroglyphics used pictures to represent different words, sounds, objects, actions, and ideas.

How long did it take for Jean-Francois Champollion to translate hieroglyphics?

The discovery of this in 1799, helped scholars to understand hieroglyphics.

Egyptian paintings/carvings tell us things about everyday life. What animal is the scribe inspecting in this picture?

The Egyptians developed the modern calendar with 12 months of 30 days.

The Egyptians were bad at math.