Ancient+Egyptian+Culture

Ancient Egyptians lived rich and complex lives in both the Upper and Lower Kingdoms of Egypt, which were unified around 3100 BC. The Egyptians were masters of math and architecture, building many pyramids, underground tombs, obelisks, and even the Sphinx. They relied on the annual flooding of the Nile and their knowledge of irrigation to feed their needs in the hot desert climate of Egypt. They pioneered their own systems of both polytheistic and monotheistic religion and created their own script known as hieroglyphics. Much of the knowledge that we hold today about their culture is derived from the papyrus upon which they wrote (although they also wrote on walls in tombs, buildings, etc), which in some cases have unveiled developed economic systems including the concept of receipts that is still used today. Both women and men served as pharaohs, and in some cases were worshiped as gods themselves. Overall, they had a very well developed and sophisticated way of life that in many ways mirrors our own culture today.