Ancient Egypt - Frequently Asked Questions and Reference Material

I hope you have enjoyed my Blogs up to now these are the most FAQs most people ask me.
For those of you who would like to know a little bit more, there is a book list at the bottom.

Q) How many pyramids did the Ancient Egyptians build?
A) Around 132 pyramids 108 pyramids still stand today.

Q) What is the biggest pyramid, which the Egyptians built?
A) The tallest pyramid is the pyramid of king Khufu, built in the IV Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

Q) What are pyramids for?
A) Pyramids are tombs, the Ancient Egyptians called them the Houses or Mansions of Eternity.

Q) How long did Tutankhamun live for?
A) Tutankhamun lived approximately 18 – 19 years of age, he ruled Egypt for around 9 years, however current research suggests he lived until 23.

Q) Is there really a city called Hamunaptra, like in the film the Mummy?
A) No, its just Hollywood.

Q) Do Scarab Beatles really eat people?
A) Scarab Beatles do not eat people, the symbol of the Scarab Beatle Represents, new life for the soul, after the judgement of Osiris.

Q) Where is the Ancient Egyptian afterlife?
A) The Egyptians believed that the afterlife was where the gods were, According to the myth of Osiris, when the gods left Egypt they became The nighttime stars, so the afterlife is the nighttime sky.

Q) Why did the Egyptians Mummify bodies?
A) The Egyptians mummified bodies so that the deceased body would be Preserved and the Ka (soul) could return to Earth and sleep inside the Mummy, during the hours of daylight.

Q) What does the word Mummy mean?
A) When the Arabs robed the tombs in modern history, to sell the Valuables, which were inside the wrappings of a Mummy, they Thought the smell of the embalmers preservation fluid from the Mummy wrapping was bitumen, which in Arabic means Moomy.
The Ancient Egyptians called mummies “The house of the Ka”. Which means 'The House of the Spirit'.

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Beginners Books - Value for Money Titles

Shire Egyptology Titles
Egyptian Woodworking & Furniture Geoffrey Killen 0747802394

Egyptian Boats & Ships Steve Vinson 074780222X

Egyptian Faience & Glass P.T. Nicholson 0747801959

Egyptian Shabtis H.M. Stewart 0747803013

Egyptian Rock-Cut Tombs Aidan Dodson 9780747801283

Tutankhamun`s Egypt Frances Welsh 0747801967

Egyptian Warfare & Weapons Ian Shaw 9780747801429

Egyptian Pyramids & Mastaba Tombs Philip Watson 9780852638538

Akhenaten`s Egypt Angela P Thomas 9780852639733

Graeco-Roman Egypt Simon P Ellis 9780747801580

Research Titles

Penguin Guide to Ancient Egypt W.J. Murnane 0-14-046952-4

Egypt V Davies & R Friedman 9780714119113

Chronicle of the Pharaohs Peter Clayton 0500050740

Dictionary of Ancient Egypt I Shaw & P Nicholson 0714109827

Papyrus R. Parkinson &S. Quirke 0714109797

Specialist Research Titles

The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Ancient Egypt Redford 9774245814

Porter & Moss Bertha Porter & Rosalind Moss 0900416106

History of the Giza Necropolis G.A. Reisner Oxford University Press

Decoration in Egyptian Tombs of The Old Kingdom Yvonne Harpur 0710302282

Symbol & Magic in Egyptian Art R.H. Wilkinson 0500236631

Death & the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt John H Taylor 0714119172

The Ancient Egyptian Book of The Dead R.O. Faulkner 0714109460