Fascinating Egyptian Facts.
A Pharaoh used to throw jewellery out of the window to rich and noble people below.
The first ever pyramids to be built were step pyramids.
The Egyptians thought that the sungod Ra's hair was made out of lapis lazuli - a kind of stone.
There is more than 80 pyramids in Egypt.They are all built on the west bank of the Nile,because that is where the sun sets.
Tutankhamun started his reign at the age of 9 and died at the age of 18.
At the pyramid temple of Neferirkara, scribes kept a record of all the offerings.