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So this year is designated as Ancient Egypt for Brie’s birthday. As you probably know, we are doing the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World for her first seven birthdays. Last year was Greece and this year is Egypt.
Egyptian culture boasts five millennia of recorded history. Ancient Egypt was among the earliest and greatest civilizations during which the Egyptians maintained a strikingly complex and stable culture that influenced later cultures of Europe, the Near East and Africa. After the Pharaonic era, the Egyptians themselves came under the influence of Hellenism, Christianity and Islamic culture. Today, many aspects of ancient Egyptian culture exist in interaction with newer elements, including the influence of modern Western culture, itself influenced by Ancient Egypt. (Cite: wikipedia.com)
Egypt. We started down the path exploring Egypt as one of the countries that have the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World (the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.) But, Egypt is not a far and distant culture or land, in fact it is estimated there are approximately 82.2 MILLION Egyptians who live on Earth, most of whom are centralized in Egypt. The recorded history of Egypt started in the 1700s and their dialect centers on Arabic.
It’s SO nice when little figures come in their own tube or TOOB, like Safari Ltd.’s Ancient Egypt set. It includes a lot of awesome educational pieces to discuss Ancient Egypt and, who knows, maybe you will learn something, too. Here is what is included in the TOOB:
- Nefertiti – Ancient Egyptian Pharoh who wanted to Egyptians to worship one god, a sun god they called Aten.
- Bastet – Goddess or warfare before the Egyptian cultures merged.
- Tutankhamen – Came to be known as King Tut.
- Isis – Isis was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patroness of nature and magic.
- Amulet – Necklaces worn for different reasons such as protection or certain powers.
- Mummy case – A mummy is a deceased human or animal whose skin and organs have been preserved. Over one million mummy cases with preserved animals (mostly cats) and humans have been found in Egypt thus far!
- Scarab – Scarabs were popular amulet s in ancient Egypt and many have survived over the years.
- Pyramids – Ancient structures created by the Egptians whose shape is that of a pyramid in the geometric sense.
- Sphinx – Mythical creature with the body of a lion and a human head.
- Thoth – One of the deities of the Egyptian pantheon ususally depicted with a human body and the head of a baboon or ibis.
- Anubis – Jakal headed god who had been ‘mummified’.
- Hieroglyph – Ancient Egyptian writings.
Major Points:
- Each figure is professionally sculpted and finely hand painted
- Excellent “carry-along” for any excursion since the figures are neatly packed in a reusable acetate tube
- All our products are phthalate-free and thoroughly safety tested to safeguard your child’s health
- Featured is our ancient egypt toob. Replica size: 1.5″ to 3″ h (4 to 7.5 cm)
- Toob includes: nefertiti, bastet, tutankhamen, isis, amulet, mummy case, scarab, pyramids, sphinx, thoth, anubis and hieroglyph
About Safari Ltd: Safari Ltd is celebrating more than 30 years as a company (1982-2012)! While they have a variety of educational products in their catalog, it was their license agreement in 1986 with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History when they began to produce authentic, scale-model dinosaurs that are major collectables worldwide. Safari Ltd has continued for three generations with its passion for wildlife, the joy of play and imagination in all of their toys and I hope to see them carry on for another three generations and beyond!
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