â¢ What are other ways you could get a balloon to go faster or slowerâor longer or shorter distances? â¢ Extra: Try other sizes and shapes of balloons. How do they perform? â¢ Extra: Try using other types of thin materials as your line, such as ribbon, twine or fishing line. Do these make a difference in balloon rocket speed or distance? Read on for observations, results and more resources. Observations and results How far did your balloon rocket travel? Even though you did not fill the balloon with rocket fuel, it was able to blast off just like a space shuttle.
Tutankhamun. Tutankhamun or âKing Tutâ is probably the most well-known Egyptian pharaoh. One of the reasons is that his burial tomb is one of the few that was discovered with everything still in it. It was common for tomb raiders to steel all of the treasures that were buried with the pharaohs and so very little has ever been found.
By Tut's time, Egypt had gained access to the legendary gold mines of Nubia to the south, and had conquered territory along the Mediterranean coast to the northeast. But Egypt was in turmoil when Tut took the throne.