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Life for Ancient Egyptians
There's quite a few strange facts that might surprise you about what ancient Egyptian civilization was actually like. Today we're taking a deeper look into what life was like amongst the pyramids.
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Ancient Egypt | 5 MINUTES
From its unification to its conquest by Alexander the Great, Ancient Egypt lasted about 3000 years, which is 15 times the age of the US, showing incredible continuity and holding great fascination through it's culture and monuments. Get...
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History Kids: King Tut and Other Famous Egyptian Mummies
In this video, we learn about the famous Egyptian pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, and the discovery of his tomb by British archaeologist Howard Carter. The video explores the significance of archaeology and the excavation process, as well as...
After Skool
Ancient Egyptian Birth Control
Over 4000 years ago, Ancient Egyptians were far ahead of their time. They had advanced architecture, agriculture, writing and even birth control. Crocodile dung, Acacia fruit, pomegranate seeds and lamb intestines were just a few of the...
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Planning an Egyptian pyramid
This short video is a fascinating look at how the Egyptians designed their pyramids without the aid of modern technology.
Hip Hughes History
The Indus River Valley Civilization Explained
A look at the Harappa Civilization for students taking World or Global History. Also great for flipping teachers and the cray cray on the internets.
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Egyptian gods - part 1
An Egyptian priestess describes some of the Egyptian gods and what they represented; covering Ra, Geb, Nut and Shu
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Who were the Ancient Egyptians?
A Victorian Egyptologist explains who the Egyptians were, when the era began and key points about this amazing civilization.
Weird History
How The Egyptian Pyramids Were Built
The Great Pyramid – the largest of several Egyptian pyramids found at Giza – is the only surviving wonder of the ancient world. With such a fantastical past, it has long been debated how those pyramids were built without the help of...
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Mummification - part 1
An Egyptian high priest talks about life after death and what happens when a pharaoh dies, he explains the grisly process of mummification to preserve the body and turn it into a mummy.
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Canopic jars
An Egyptian high priest describes the organs that are retained from the body during the mummification process, and explains how they are stored in canopic jars.
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Mummification - part 2
An Egyptian high priest continues to talk about mummification and explains the symbolism of the amulets and magic charms they used to send the pharaoh into the afterlife.
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Egyptian Hieroglyphics
An Egyptian priest explains what hieroglyphics are, who reads and writes and how the pictures were carved into stone as well as written on papyrus.
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Algebra 69 - Quadratic Equations
The graph of a quadratic function in a single variable is a parabola. Setting that function equal to zero creates a quadratic equation, and the solutions to that equation are the "zeros" or "roots" of the function. In quadratic functions...
Two Minute Music Theory
Music in Ancient Egypt
An overview at the music of the dynastic period of Egypt
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Increased tensions in Lebanon connected to conflict in Gaza – Martin
The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has led to increased tensions in neighbouring Lebanon where Irish peacekeeping troops are based, Micheal Martin has said.
Ireland’s deputy premier met on Sunday with members of the 124th Infantry Battalion...
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High Angle, static - Technicians work at an archaeological excavation site in Egypt
High Angle, static - Technicians work at an archaeological excavation site in Egypt
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Protesting death sentence of M. Morsi, Times Square, New York City
On June 16, 2015 Egyptians protest the death sentence against deposed President Mohamed Morsi / The sentence issued over former Egyptian president for the alleged plotting of jailbreaks and attacks of police in the 2011 revolution /...
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Protesting death sentence of M. Morsi, Times Square, New York City
On June 16, 2015 Egyptians protest the death sentence against deposed President Mohamed Morsi / The sentence issued over former Egyptian president for the alleged plotting of jailbreaks and attacks of police in the 2011 revolution /...
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Protesting death sentence of M. Morsi, Times Square, New York City
On June 16, 2015 Egyptians protest the death sentence against deposed President Mohamed Morsi / The sentence issued over former Egyptian president for the alleged plotting of jailbreaks and attacks of police in the 2011 revolution /...
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Protesting death sentence of M. Morsi, Times Square, New York City
On June 16, 2015 Egyptians protest the death sentence against deposed President Mohamed Morsi / The sentence issued over former Egyptian president for the alleged plotting of jailbreaks and attacks of police in the 2011 revolution /...
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Protesting death sentence of M. Morsi, Times Square, New York City
On June 16, 2015 Egyptians protest the death sentence against deposed President Mohamed Morsi / The sentence issued over former Egyptian president for the alleged plotting of jailbreaks and attacks of police in the 2011 revolution /...
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Protesting death sentence of M. Morsi, Times Square, New York City
On June 16, 2015 Egyptians protest the death sentence against deposed President Mohamed Morsi / The sentence issued over former Egyptian president for the alleged plotting of jailbreaks and attacks of police in the 2011 revolution /...
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DESERT TRAGEDY
Ten miles from Cairo Airport a jet plane of Pakistan International Airlines crashed and 121 people were killed. The plane was on an inaugural flight linking Communist China with the Middle East and should have flown onto Geneva and...