The 365-day farming calendar was made up of three seasons of four months.
He had over 90 children: approximately 56 boys and 44 girls. He ruled Egypt for 60 years and was the only pharaoh to carry the title “the Great” after his name. Ramses II (1279-1212 B.C.) is often considered the greatest pharaoh (“great house”) of the Egyptian empire.īy the time Ramses II died at about 90 years old, he was suffering from severe dental problems, arthritis and hardening of the arteries The crocodile is known as the “devourer of human hearts” in the ancient Book of the Dead. Archeologists discovered a 15-foot- (4.5-m-) long mummified crocodile. Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals as well.Organs were stored in canopic jars, each jar representing a god.
The mummification process had two stages: first the embalming of the body, then the wrapping and burial of the body.