These statues and temples would be underwater if workmen had not moved them to higher ground. In Egypt, there is a statue so big that eight men can sit on one of its feet. It is one of the...
BODY OF A LION HEAD OF A MAN
What has the body of a lion and the head of a man? No, it's not a monster. It's one of many statues in Egypt that look like monsters. This kind of statue is called a sphinx. The Great Sphinx at...
THE GREAT STONE TENT
Cheops was the name of a king in ancient Egypt who wanted a place to stay when he died. So, he ordered his men to build a huge stone house in the shape of a pyramid. A pyramid looks somewhat like an...
The Old and the New
> Egypt People in Egypt have traveled in donkey carts for many years. Today, cars, trucks, vans, and buses are common sights. Two worlds---the old and the new---are side by side. Kenya These two...
Elephants without trunks
Most scientists believe that 50 million years ago there were elephants living in swamps where Egypt is today. But they didn't look anything like elephants do now. The first elephants didn't have...