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What was the name of the precious metal did the ancient Egyptians put on the fingernails and toenails of the ancient Egyptians?
Gold.
What firefighting equipment did the ancient Egyptians invent In 200 BC, the Egyptian inventor Ctesibius built a , which the Egyptians started using to put out fires.?
The shaduf is known as the first device used for lifting water in several ancient civilizations.
Why didn't the egyptians put a mummies heart in a canopic jar?
The Egyptians believed that when they died the God Anubis would weight their heart against the feather of truth to determine if they were worthy to go into the afterlife. If the heart was balanced they would go into the afterlife, if not the heart would be feed to Ammut, the devourer of the dead. The deseased would go no further.
Why were mummies important to ancient Egyptians?
Mummies are so important to ancient Egypt because they preserved the dead and they believed that the steps above a tomb would boost the sole into heaven. They took out all of the organs and pulled the brain out of the nose and put it in a Canopic Jar which was eventualy put into the tomb or pyramid with the preserved mummy .
What was a magical jewel in ancient egypt?
The amulet was called a scarab, similar in shape to the beetles of the same name. also Cleopatra could have had a cat named cleocatra that was mummified and put in a booby trapped tomb with one of the most powerful amulets in Egypt the cats eye jewel.
What was the name of the precious metal did the ancient Egyptians put on the fingernails and toenails of the ancient Egyptians?
Gold.
What did ancient Egyptians put in their sarcouphagus?
mummies
The ancient Egyptians god of the dead?
The God of the dead was called Anubis, Anubis is the one who put the heart on the scales with the feather of truth.
Did the ancient Egyptians have a place to put their jewelry?
yes they did
What did the Ancient Egyptians put in the mummy's coffin?
The Mummy.
Did the ancient Egyptians put masks on the mummies?
sometimes but not likely
How did the ancient egyptians make their clothes?
they put it in a loom and weaved it
What happend to the ancient egyptians when they died?
they were put in a tomb with their special artifacts
Why did the Ancient Egyptians put marble on the Pyramids?
to hide it and to keep it safe
How did the ancient egyptians use there clock?
they put water in a pot and then they put a arrowin the water and it spins
Why wasn't the heart removed from the corpse when the egyptians mummified bodies?
The heart actually was taken out. But then after it had been mummified it would be put back into place. The ancient Egyptians thought that the soul lived in the heart, so without it in place the soul was incomplete and therefore would not be able to move on to the afterlife.
Do ancient egyptians use sewing machines?
The sewing machine was invented in 1755, by Charles Weisenthal!!Ancient Egypt is ancient, thats why they put ancient in front of it!!
