Jesse Musinguzi, Grade 12
UWCEA Moshi

One of my all time favorite films is Mr. Peabody & Sherman. The time travel adventures made the movie my all time favorite. One place they traveled to was Ancient Egypt. Ever since then, I have been so eager to learn more about Ancient Egypt because it was such an organized civilization. They were ahead of their time, in my opinion. Ancient Egypt from about 2900-2500 BC is particularly interesting to me because that seemed like the time when civilizations were thriving and the pyramids were coming up. Pharaoh Djoser and his architect, Imohotep, built the first few pyramids in 2980 BC. Imohotep invented the stone-dressed building method as well as columns and paved the way for more pyramids. The famous Great Pyramid of Giza, built around 2900 BC, took 4,000 stonemasons and over 100,000 workers to build. The pyramid stood at over 481 feet tall. One of the most interesting ancient Egyptian pharoas was King Tutankhamun, or King Tut. He became the youngest pharaoh at nine years of age, after his father Akhenaten's death. He ruled for 10 years and then died at 19 due to what is suspected to have been a sickness that caused him to have weak bones. All he mostly did was reverse his father’s religious reforms. But what made him so famous? The treasure in his tomb was meant to accompany him to the afterlife. If I had the opportunity to travel back in time to ancient Egypt, I would most certainly want to meet a lot of the pharoahs and also Imohotep, a pioneer far ahead of his time. I think meeting someone like that and talking to him about his thought process would be an insightful conversation to have. I would also want to learn about the culture and eat dates. Why dates? Because in Mr. Peabody & Sherman, the pharoahs were served with dates. 


Works Cited
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Image Courtesy: ​https://www.livescience.com/what-is-inside-egyptian-pyramids