Tomb of Tutankhamun and Valley of the kings

Valley of the kings

Valley of the kings is a place where tombs of pharaohs are in there. They have tombs in 16th ~ 11st century BC. It is located in west riverbank of Nile River and it also call as Valley of the Gates of the Kings. Some examples of tombs in Valley of the Kings are Tomb of the tutankhamun (which has a rumour of Curse of the Pharaoh), Tomb of Ramses II, etc.


Tomb of Tutankhamun

Tomb of Tutankhamun is the tomb where tutankhamun burried. It has other name KV62. People think that there are many jeweries in treasure chest but actually it's not because this tomb was entered at least twice before people came in. The coffin of tutankhamun was opened and there was no mummy and 60% of Jewerly treasure chest was removed too. They still don't know why.

Cleopatra VII

Cleopatra VII came from a long line of pharaohs from the Ptolemaic Dynasty during Ancient Egypt. She was the third child of  Ptolemy XII Auletes. Her mother was Cleopatra V. She married with her younger brother (Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator), Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. She met Julius Caesar when she had a war with Pompey and she married with him but after he got murdered, she married with Mark Antony. She has a child (Caesarion) but it's still mystery that it was Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII's child. Cleopatra VII had a war with Augustus but she lose the war and she knew that he just think that she's one of Egyptian woman and can't be united, so she suicides by let the poisonous snake bite her leg but some people say that she suicides by breath poisonous gas. She was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.

Geography of Ancient Egypt

Egypt is located in Africa (North-West) and it's near to Lybia and Sudan. If we call the Egypt, you will think about River Nile. Nile river is a important river in Ancient Egypt because it helped to drinking water, transport the quarries (stones that could be found in near the riverbank of Nile.). They are Limestone, Sandstone and Granite. They often used for buildings and statues and stuffs, divide the North and South Egypt by the way where it floats, growing crops near the river. So they thought it was holy water so they even float dead pharaoh's body and wash dead pharaoh with it. At final of Nile River, there is Nile Delta. Delta is a final part of river. Mostly they looks like triangle or word 'delta' in greek, so they call as delta.

Egypt is a desert country and It has no water in desert (except oasis, oasis is a large water pool. Traveler really needs this.) they live near the Nile River because that's only the easiest way to get water. As there is a flood at Nile River, they needed to know when does flood started and when does it finish so they could farm. But if it hasn't flooded, they blamed pharaoh. They grew fruits, wheat, etc.

Timeline of Pyramids

1. Step Pyramid at Saqqara

It was built for Pharaoh Djoser more than 4600 years ago. It was made of limestone blocks from quarried across of the river Tura.

2. Maidum Pyramid

It's in Maidum and it's 306 feets tall and it was built for Pharaoh Snefru. it built in 2600 BC and it was temporarily abandoned for 15 years.

 

 

3. Bent Pyramid

It was built by Pharaoh Snefru and built in 2600 BC too and it was built in Dahshur. It is about 105 metres. It has smooth sides

4. Red Pyramid

It was also built by Pharaoh Snefru, built in 2600 BC and located in Dahshur again. It's about 104 metres long. That's a first pyramid that we could say 'true pyramid'.

5. Great Pyramid

It was built by Pharaoh Khufu and it's in Giza. It's built in 2550 BC and it is 147 metres long. That is a highest pyramid in egypt.

6. Pyramid of Khafre

It was built by Pharaoh Khafre and it also built at Giza. It was built in 2520 BC. It's about 144 metres tall. It's next to Great Pyramid.

7. Pyramid of Menkaure

It was built in Giza again and it is next to Pyramid of Khafre. It built in 2490 BC and it's about 69 metres high. It was built by Pharaoh Menkaure.

8. Pyramid of Pepi II

It was built by Pharaoh Pepi II and it was built in 2250  BC at Saqqara. It's about 52 metres.