⛵Long ago, Egypt grew up along the Nile River.

💧The Nile flows north. Each summer it flooded.

🪴The flood left rich dark mud. Crops grew well.

🤴Egypt's kings had pyramids built. A pyramid was a tomb.

Three giant pyramids stand at Giza.

🤴The biggest was built for a king named Khufu.

It was 481 feet tall when it was new.

👨Egyptian workers built the pyramids. They were not slaves.

🦁The Sphinx has a lion's body and a pharaoh's head.

Words to know

• pyramid: stone tomb
• flood: too much water
• tomb: a grave
• Sphinx: a stone statue