Time Travellers
Pyramids, castles, knights and ancient explorers.
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- PYRAMID – The Great Pyramid in Egypt is over 4,500 years old.
- EGYPT – Ancient Egyptians lived beside the River Nile.
- PHARAOH – A pharaoh was a king or queen of ancient Egypt.
- KNIGHT – Knights rode horses and wore shiny armour.
- CASTLE – Castles had thick stone walls to keep people safe.
- CROWN – Kings and queens have worn crowns for thousands of years.
- VIKING – Vikings sailed across the sea in long wooden ships.
- ROMAN – Ancient Romans built long, straight roads.
- ANCIENT – Ancient means very, very long ago.
- MUSEUM – Museums keep old and special things safe for everyone to see.
- DINOSAUR – Dinosaurs lived millions of years before people did.
- FOSSIL – A fossil is a plant or animal that has turned to stone.
- SHIP – Long ago, tall sailing ships crossed the oceans.
- COMPASS – A compass needle always points north.
- EXPLORER – Explorers travel to find out about new places.
- TREASURE – Archaeologists dig up real treasures from long ago.
- MAP – The oldest maps were drawn on clay.
- KING – Kings and queens once ruled whole countries.
- QUEEN – Cleopatra was a famous queen of ancient Egypt.
- WHEEL – The wheel was invented over 5,000 years ago.
- INVENTOR – Inventors turn good ideas into something brand new.
- POTTERY – People made pottery from clay thousands of years ago.
- SCROLL – Scrolls were rolled-up paper used for writing.
- TEMPLE – Temples were special buildings people visited long ago.
- EMPIRE – An empire is many lands ruled together.
- MAMMOTH – Woolly mammoths looked like hairy elephants.
- SPHINX – The Great Sphinx has a lion’s body and a human head.
- COLOSSEUM – The Colosseum in Rome could seat about 50,000 people.