二、語(yǔ)法選擇。For thousands of years, no other country has been as wonderful to the world as this one.It makes you 1 what's inside the pyramids, how people made mummies (木乃伊) and why the Great Sphinx stands there. This is Egypt, one of the oldest countries in the world.Egypt is 2 big country with the second largest population in Africa.As a land rich in beauty, history and culture,ancient Egypt left behind many treasures for the world.The solar calendar we use today actually came 3 Egypt.Around 4,000 BC, Egyptians used a calendar that was $365$ days long.They had twelve months made of ${\rm{}}{{\rm{ }}_{\rm{4}}}{\rm{}}$ days each. ${\rm{5}}$ they made the left five days a festival.Egyptian characters (文字) are among the oldest characters in the world.They look like $6$ oracle bone inscriptions (甲骨文) in ancient China.Their characters influenced many others,${\rm{7}}$ the Latin alphabet we use today.When came to medical science,Egyptians left us mummies,which we try to see $8$ they kept a dead body for such a long time.Egyptians ${\rm{9}}$ bodies with a special kind of salt.This makes the body dry,which keeps it looking lifelike.Today, many people are still interested in this crazy land.Scientists have found more than $130$ pyramids in Egypt.The biggest is the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza.It is about $138.8$ metres tall,which is almost as $10$ as a $40$-storey building.The Great Pyramid of Khufu is the most famous ancient wonder of the world that still stands today.
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