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Egypt

Egyptology (the study of ancient Egypt) started around 1800 when Napoleon invaded Egypt. With his soldiers Napoleon brought many scholars. Napoleon commanded the scholars to find out everything there was to find out about Egypt, from the Egyptians' daily life to the animals and plants that lived there. The scholars drew excellent pictures of Egypt. The findings resulted in the book Description de l'Egypte, a very important archaeological book.

We have learned a lot about the Egyptians from their temples and different types of graves. The Egyptians mummified many of their dead and buried them with food, valuables, and everything else they needed for their afterlife. These artifacts tell us about their daily life, religion, food, and many other things about the Egyptians.

Since the discovery of the Rosetta Stone we have been able to decipher hieroglyphs. The hieroglyphs tell us even more about the ancient Egyptians and they have revealed the Egyptian names of many important Pharaohs.

The two sites I chose for Egypt are Tutankhamen's Tomb, which was found by Howard Carter, and the Oasis of the Dead, which was found by Zahi Hawass.

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