The inundation of the Nile was never depicted.

The Nile was depicted as an angry and vengeful crocodile.

The Egyptians depicted the Nile as it if were always in the season of inundation.

None of these statements are accurate.

The Egyptians believed it was sacrilegious to depict the Nile.

It is the first documented numerical system to represent the number zero

It was hieroglyphic in structure

It utilized a base ten system

Its format was very simple and easy to visually represent.

Addition and multiplication were possible but quite laborious to calculate

A vast collection of documents, written primarily in Aramaic, which concern a Jewish community and military garrison stationed in the Nile fortress of Elephantine

Liturgical texts written in hieroglyphic Egyptian during the time of the Pharaoh Akhenaten that consist of a series of hymns to the sun disk Aten.

Funerary works written in hieratic Egyptian that consist of numerous spells and rituals that were used to aid the dead in their journey to the afterlife.

Diplomatic correspondences written in Akkadian cuneiform that illustrate the international relations between New Kingdom Egypt the other powers of the Fertile Crescent, including the Canaanites, Hittites and Mesopotamians.

Historical narratives commissioned by the Pharaoh Merneptah that recount his battles and campaigns against the Sea Peoples.

Coptic

Old Egyptian

Demotic

Hieroglyphics

Hieratic

the complex and hazardous nature of the afterlife

hostile and malignant spirits

famine and food shortage

the seasonal inundation of the Nile

disease and widespread infant and maternal mortality

it presents the earliest known evidence of ancient Egyptian agriculture

it provides evidence suggesting that the predynastic ancient Egyptians were monotheistic

it demonstrates the absolute authority of predynastic rulers in ancient Egypt

it highlights the importance of animal sacrifice in predynastic Egyptian worship

it shows the distinct cultural practices of Lower Egypt during the predynastic period

in Egyptian government training

to enforce religious norms

to reinforce the divinity of the Pharaoh

by Egyptian soldiers and generals

in religious ceremonies

The Nile was the main means of transportation for building materials.

The Nile was considered the central life-force of all important religious and social activities.

The hearty and fertile soil around the Nile provided the ideal foundation for large structures.

The majority of Ancient Egyptians lived within a few miles of the Nile’s banks on either side.

Proximity to the Nile gave the surrounding buildings and their population a strong defensive position.

the Kush Kingdom

the Assyrian Empire

Upper Egypt, during the First Intermediate Period

Lower Egypt, during the Third Intermediate Period

Canaan

Khufu

Sneferu

Djedefra

Khafra

Shepseskaf