Fascinating Egypt Facts
In Egypt the Pharaohs were powerful for 3000 years.
Mummy cases were sometimes layered with many cases inside each other.
In the morning you should rinse you mouth with salt this is known as "sen shem shem," which means 'cleansing of mouth and teeth'.
Egyptians rubbed themselves with hippopotamus or crocodile fat or even greasy ointments made from cats.
The names of over 2000 Gods were found in Egyptian writings.
In many temples priests have shaved off all the hair on their bodies in order to be especially clean for the gods.
You would give offence if you didn't wash properly, because the Egyptians are very clean and tidy.
Egyptian farmers sometimes trained baboon monkeys to pick figs from branches high up in trees.