Ancient treasure

Ancient Egyptians:

- Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa.

- is concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt.

- Egypt reached the pinnacle of its power in the New Kingdom, during the Ramesside period, where it rivalled the Hittite Empire, Assyrian Empire and Mitanni Empire, after which it entered a period of slow decline.

-The Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza are among the most recognizable symbols of the civilization of ancient Egypt.

-Hieroglyphic writing is composed of hundreds of symbols. A hieroglyph can represent a word, a sound, or a silent determinative; and the same symbol can serve different purposes in different contexts.