I've got a story to tell and it might take a while
4000 ago, down by the banks of the Nile
Some people settled there The land was green and fertile
Not like the desert where it's hard to maintain a lifestyle.
These are the Egyptians - you can't say pharaoh than that.
They worshipped Gods and Goddesses (Look, here's Bastet, she's a cat)
They built the pyramids (A zaney ziggurat)
To honour pharaohs - an ancient Egypt aristocrat
I'm a musical mummy - my rhymes ain't so crummy, I'm not spitting out my dummy I'm just making learning funny.
I'm a rapper - can' you see this bandage? Full of facts to homework help your history understanding.
Is it really that obvious? I'm straight out of the sarcophagus, From the banks of the Nile, I put the 'hip' in hippopotamus.
So, come on let's be serious - this topic ain't mysterious, so pull out that papyrus for some Egyptian experience.
These are the Egyptians - The Kings of the Nile! These are the Egyptians- check out this fact file:
Meet Ra, the god of the sun, king of the gods he was the chosen one
Before Osiris decided he was done with sunrises - the god of the dead led his own uprising
But then Set came along and took over the throne
So, Osiris said his goodbyes and left to make the underworld home
So, there was his son Horus - he decided things would be less lawless He became a Pharaoh he was finally victorious
and every leader of Egypt who followed then said, they were descendants of this god with a falcon's head.
These are the Egyptians - from Cairo to Luxor These are the Egyptians - You want to learn some more?
There were lots of famous figures such as Imhotep who helped the Pharoah Djoser build a pyramid with steps
There was Ramesses II - a real crowd pleaser And Khufu was behind the great pyramid of Giza.
Get on your knees. Give it up for Cleopatra. The 7th ruler with that name - a woman of stature.
In fact, she was so famous that Shakespeare was kinda shameless. He wrote a play about her life - a romance for the ages.
And of all those famous Pharaohs, you must know Tutankhamun His remains were mummified, embalmed and perfumed.
A man called Howard Carter, back in 1922 found where the boy king was buried - a grand and golden tomb.
These are the Egyptians Their stories told for all time
Written in hieroglyphs - ancient gifts from the scribes.
But now it's time to go, so don't be in denial (get it?)
Now it's your time to learn
So, give that history homework a try!