Before our modern obsession with posting content on the Internet and worshiping our pets, an ancient civilization nestled on the banks of the Nile River was doing exactly the same thing. Except that civilization dates back more than 6,000 years. That civilization was Egypt. Ancient Egypt covers a vast historical span and some events or eras were crucial to the development of its society and culture. One of these was the unification of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt during the third millennium BC. The ancient Egyptians considered this event to be the most important in their history, comparable to the "First Time" or the creation of the universe. With the unification of the “Two Lands” by the legendary, if not mythical, King Menes, the glorious Pharaonic Age began. Power was centralized in the hands of a god-king and, thus, Egypt became the first organized society. The ancient Egyptians were a people with many firsts. They were the first people of antiquity to believe in life after death. They were the first to build in stone and to shape the arch in stone and brick. Even before the unification of the Two Lands, the Egyptians had developed a plow and a writing system. They were skilled sailors and shipbuilders. They learned to map the cosmos to predict the flooding of the Nile. Their doctors prescribed healing remedies and performed surgical operations. They carved stone and decorated the walls of their tombs with brightly colored nature murals. Ancient Egypt's legacy is written in stone across the country's surface, from the pyramids of Upper Egypt to the rock tombs in the Valley of the Kings, to the Old Kingdom temples of Luxor and Karnak, to the Ptolemaic temples of Edfu and Dendera and to Rome...... half of the paper ......and. They believed that the physical body must be preserved to allow their spirit to dwell in the afterlife. For this reason, mummification was performed to preserve the body. Conclusion Without their religion and without advancements in all areas of life, Egyptian society may not have existed. Egyptian culture revolved around his ardent beliefs. This celebration of life and death was revealed through their art, architecture, politics, social life and religion. Perhaps it was the mix of politics, religion and the belief that Pharaoh was infallible and a deity that allowed Egypt to remain the powerful country it was for so long. However, the ancient Egyptians left us a vast knowledge of advancements that we have appreciated for thousands of years, and we should expect to continue to do so for the foreseeable future..