Ancient Egypt T/F

In obeying their pharaoh, subjects felt humiliated and powerless to determine the course of their own lives.

The earliest Egyptian writing was later called hieroglyphics, meaning “priest carvings” or “sacred writings.”

Pyramids were built as part of a larger complex of buildings dedicated to the dead—in effect, a city of the dead.

The Greek historian Herodotus reported the story that it took 100,000 Egyptians 20 years to build the Great  pyramid.

Ancient Egyptian civilization was marked by constant change and upheaval over the centuries

To the Egyptians the most important feature of the river were the many fish in it.

Cleopatra was the first Egyptian woman to become pharaoh.

The draining of swampland in the Nile Delta provided room for many more pyramids to be built.

Osiris took on an important role for the Egyptians as a symbol of resurrection.