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MacKenzie LeBlanc
Mrs. Soudelier
Research Paper
27 February 2015

Egypt
Egypt is a very interesting country. They have an awesome that thrives and has remained so for many years. Excellent, economy, they have lots of different ways to make money and keep up with the tourists. They have a religion that is very misunderstood yet with good reason. Egypt even has a really good government and history. Yes, we all know about the pyramids and mummies, but have you ever tried to look further?
History
As you may know Egypt has a very diverse and interesting history. You usually don’t hear about Egypt without a mention of the pyramids, gods and goddesses, or strangely enough, the sacred cats. First let’s talk about the ancient beliefs, and gods and goddesses. There are so many shrines and things to show gods, goddesses, and even pharaohs. They are often depicted as part human, part animal, sounds familiar? Hint, hint the Great Sphinx. Now then pyramids, the first pyramid was built in 2630 B.C., that’s a long time ago! It had six levels in total. They, of course, also have the more familiar triangular ones as well. Now something that may have caught your eye was sacred cats, yes they worshiped cats! In these ancient times cat happily pranced around Egyptian homes wearing expensive jewelry (Egypt the culture). A little weird I know, but …show more content…

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