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title: "Things You May Not Know About Ancient Egypt"  
description: "Ancient Egypt was the world’s longest continuous civilization that brought us pyramids, papyrus, mummies, and pharaohs. Here's some facts"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-10  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1811/things-you-may-not-know-about-ancient-egypt  
category: "history"  
tags: ["Egypt", "ancient Egypt", "facts", "ancient Egypt facts", "history"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Things You May Not Know About Ancient Egypt

![Things You May Not Know About Ancient Egypt](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5d66f80a-73ef-4d0e-a889-dd84edd347bd/images/5a9bc30e-0798-4b48-bf4a-ea5ea75ec70e.jpeg) ![Things You May Not Know About Ancient Egypt](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5d66f80a-73ef-4d0e-a889-dd84edd347bd/images/cebe9277-0736-44ce-a41d-acffdf420c6f.jpeg) Tutankhamun ruled for a decade near the end of the 18th Dynasty after the death of his controversial father Akhenaten. ![Things You May Not Know About Ancient Egypt](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5d66f80a-73ef-4d0e-a889-dd84edd347bd/images/5a9bc30e-0798-4b48-bf4a-ea5ea75ec70e.jpeg) The Ancient Egyptians created hieroglyphs at the beginning of the 1st Dynasty 3000 BCE, remaining in use until late in the 4th century AD. ![Things You May Not Know About Ancient Egypt](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5d66f80a-73ef-4d0e-a889-dd84edd347bd/images/d5a0ace6-056c-482d-8d44-2acebcc973f0.jpeg) Men and women played different roles in Ancient Egyptian society but were equal in the eyes of the law. ![Things You May Not Know About Ancient Egypt](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5d66f80a-73ef-4d0e-a889-dd84edd347bd/images/77121c85-84bb-423a-94af-aab249b1f72d.jpeg) Canopic jars were the four vessels used to store and preserve the deceased’s internal organs during mummification and then buried with them. ![Things You May Not Know About Ancient Egypt](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5d66f80a-73ef-4d0e-a889-dd84edd347bd/images/31a60837-a5f5-4eab-907f-d8f7becf98c8.jpeg) Ancient Egyptian burial featured embalming and mummification, particularly for nobles, leading officials and the wealthy. ![Things You May Not Know About Ancient Egypt](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5d66f80a-73ef-4d0e-a889-dd84edd347bd/images/1b5cb434-38f6-48c5-bd2d-bd2d0428d75b.jpeg) Ancient Egypt used papyrus to create documents and keep records at a time when the rest of the world used stone or clay tablets. ![Things You May Not Know About Ancient Egypt](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5d66f80a-73ef-4d0e-a889-dd84edd347bd/images/63e3e316-480f-4022-884a-73529f5a5123.jpeg) Ancient Egypt had as many as 2000 different religious deities ranging from Osiris the god of the Underworld to Thoth, the god of scribes and knowledge

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