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Ancient Egypt: The Grand Tour
by JoySchooler LearnerTravel back 5,000 years to discover how a river built a civilization, who really ruled Egypt, how the pyramids were raised, and why Egyptians prepared so carefully for the afterlife.
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The Gift of the Nile
Lesson 1
The River That Ran Backwards
Egypt is almost entirely desert, and its great river seems to flow the wrong way on the map — so how did this strange land become home to one of history's mightiest civilizations?
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The Flood They Threw a Party For
Floods wreck towns today — so why did Egyptian farmers throw festivals when the Nile drowned their fields every single summer?
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A Day in the Life of an Egyptian Kid
What did a 9-year-old in ancient Egypt eat, play, and learn? Some of it might surprise you.
Locked till you take the prior lessonPharaohs: Rulers Like No Other
Lesson 4
The King Who Was Also a God
Pharaohs weren't just kings — Egyptians believed something much bigger about them. What was it, and why did everyone go along?
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The Boy King's Golden Secret
Tutankhamun became pharaoh at about age nine. Why is a not-so-famous boy king now the most famous pharaoh of all?
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The Pharaoh Who Wore a Beard
One of Egypt's greatest pharaohs wasn't who anyone expected — and after death, someone tried to erase her from history.
Locked till you take the prior lessonPyramid Mysteries
Lesson 7
Two Million Stone Blocks and No Cranes
Each block weighed as much as a car. No wheels on roads, no machines. So how did they lift them? Time to investigate.
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Who Really Built the Pyramids?
For years people said slaves built the pyramids. Archaeologists dug up evidence that tells a very different story.
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Why Egyptians Stopped Building Pyramids
After hundreds of years, pharaohs suddenly quit building pyramids. What went wrong — and where did they hide their tombs instead?
Locked till you take the prior lessonMummies and the Afterlife
Lesson 10
The 70-Day Recipe
Making a mummy took 70 days and some very odd ingredients. Discover why Egyptians went to all this trouble.
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The Journey Through the Underworld
Egyptians believed your heart would be weighed against a feather after death. What happened if it was too heavy?
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What Mummies Tell Us Today
Mummies are like time capsules. Scientists can now read their secrets without unwrapping them — and the discoveries are amazing.
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