Egypt had a very, very hot dry climate.  This particular country only has two seasons in the year.  The seasons are very hot summers and very mild (not so cold) winters.  Summers usually last from May to October and the average temperature is 95 degrees Fahrenheit.  This was probably the reason that the ancient Egyptians’ houses were made with open windows that didn’t have any glass, so the air could flow though the windows.

 

The Nile River flooded every year, turning the Egyptian desert into good farmland.  The ancient Egyptians farmed and irrigated the land near the Nile River.  The yearly flood of the Nile River can spread water to farm fields far across the land, so the crops also grew there.  The only problem with that is that the flood happened once a year from July to October.  In this way Egyptians that didn’t live near the Nile would mostly have to rely on the Nile flood to water their crops or the little rain that would fall.  Egypt was mostly filled with sandy deserts.  This is why most of the population lived by the Nile Riverbanks.

 

Linen is one of the oldest fabrics made by man. Archaeologists have found a piece of linen cloth in Egypt that dates back almost 7000 years (to 5000 B.C.)! Linen cloth is made from the flax plant, which the ancient Egyptians grew in fields along the Nile River. The Egyptians usually planted their flax very close together, to encourage it to grow tall. Harvesting could be done by any person who could pull the plant up by its roots, unlike wheat, which had to be cut and was harvested by men.

 

The ancient Egyptians wrote with hieroglyphics. Some of their inventions were:  paper made from papyrus, the 365-day calendar, and the clock.  They built pyramids to protect their pharaohs   in the afterlife.  Many inventions of Ancient Egypt are still used today.

 

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