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    My Weird School Fast Facts: Mummies, Myths, and Mysteries
    My Weird School Fast Facts: Mummies, Myths, and Mysteries
    My Weird School Fast Facts: Mummies, Myths, and Mysteries
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    My Weird School Fast Facts: Mummies, Myths, and Mysteries

    By Dan Gutman and Jim Paillot

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    Think fast with A.J. and Andrea from My Weird School! 

    Did you know that ancient Egyptians treated infections by putting moldy bread on them? Did you know that ancient Roman workers would stomp around barefoot in big tubs filled with urine to clean their clothes?

    Learn more weird-but-true ancient history facts with A.J. and Andrea from Dan Gutman’s bestselling My Weird School series. This highly illustrated series of nonfiction books features hundreds of hysterical facts, plus lots of photos and illustrations.

    Whether you’re a kid who wants to learn more about ancient history or simply someone who wants to know what came out of the very first vending machine, this is the book for you!

    With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 18, 2019
    ISBN9780062673145
    My Weird School Fast Facts: Mummies, Myths, and Mysteries
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    Dan Gutman

    Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 35 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife. You can visit him online at dangutman.com.

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    My Weird School Fast Facts - Dan Gutman

    Part 1: Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt was one of the greatest and most powerful civilizations in history. It was rich in culture, government, religion, and the arts. It lasted for over three thousand years. The United States of America isn’t even three hundred years old.

    ZZZZZ. Oh, sorry, I must have dozed off there for a minute. Were you talking about how the Egyptians pulled the brains of mummies out through their noses?

    No! Nobody cares about that stuff, Arlo. If we’re going to talk about ancient Egypt, we should start by talking about important things, like . . .

    The Pyramids

    I think the coolest thing about ancient Egypt was the pyramids. Just look at them! They were built thousands of years ago, and they’re still there! My grandpa’s house was built less than a hundred years ago, and last year they tore it down and replaced it with a parking lot.

    Arlo and I had lots of questions about the pyramids. We had to do a lot of research to answer them. . . .

    How big are the pyramids?

    The largest one is the Great Pyramid of Giza. It’s over 480 feet tall. That’s taller than the Statue of Liberty. It weighs as much as sixteen Empire State Buildings. For almost four thousand years, it was the tallest man-made structure in the world.

    Are all pyramids the same?

    No. There are around eighty pyramids that are still in Egypt, and they’re different sizes and shapes. The first pyramids were called step pyramids, because they have ledges that look like big steps. The earliest one that still exists today was built in 2630 BCE. As their technology advanced, the Egyptians built bigger pyramids with smoother, sloping sides.

    Why were the pyramids built?

    They were built as burial places for the pharaohs—the leaders of the Egyptian empire. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for King Khufu.

    What’s inside the pyramids?

    There was the burial chamber for the pharaoh, of course. There were also burial chambers for his family and his servants. The walls are often covered with carvings and paintings. Some of the pyramids have lots of rooms and passageways. Some rooms were filled with the pharaoh’s treasures and personal belongings.

    Wow, so a pyramid was sort of like a big coffin with a storage unit. Those pharaohs must have been real hoarders.

    Actually, they were buried with their belongings because it was believed the pharaoh would need all that stuff after he died.

    Did people try to steal all that stuff?

    Yes! The architects who designed the pyramids tried to fool grave robbers by putting in fake entrances, false doors, and passages that led to empty rooms. They used heavy granite doors that were almost impossible to move. But the thieves were smart, and over the centuries nearly all the pyramids were broken into. Many treasures were stolen.

    Who built the pyramids?

    It took around ten thousand workers more than thirty years to build a pyramid. For a long time, experts believed that slaves were forced to build them. Now we know that the pyramid builders had hard lives, but they did get paid for their work. They must have been respected too, because the ones who died during construction were buried in tombs near the pyramids of their pharaohs.

    How were the pyramids built?

    It wasn’t easy! First, the workers cut large blocks of limestone. Then they pulled the blocks up the pyramid with ropes, using wooden sleds on top of round logs. To this day, we marvel at how much the Egyptians were able to accomplish without trucks, cranes, or any of the other heavy machinery we use to build things today.

    It took so long to build a pyramid that the pharaohs would usually start building one as soon as they became ruler. That way, it would be ready by the time they died.

    When did they stop building pyramids?

    Around 2150 BCE, the age of the pyramids came to an end. After that, most of the pharaohs were buried in a part of Egypt called the Valley of the Kings, which was

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