Portal:Ancient Egypt/Did you know/14

... that the entrance of Djoser’s pyramid complex features columns fashioned to resemble bundled reeds and ceiling blocks carved into the shape of tree trunks (pictured)?

... that, according to Herodotus, Pharaoh Psamtik I conducted an experiment to discover the origin of language, and found that Phrygian was the oldest language?

... that Ancient Egyptians were shocked by the Greco-Roman practice of infanticide, and would rescue abandoned babies from manure heaps?