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ANCIENT EGYPT-PART 2
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- 1Name the people involved in creating Egypt’s first pyramid.a. Pharaoh: Zoser
b. Architect: Imhotep - 2Approximately how many ancient Egyptian pyramids have survived to today?80
- 3How does the architecture of the pyramid relate to Egyptian religion?The step pyramid may have been shaped to resemble a staircase, which represented the pharaoh climbing to heaven on a stairway formed by rays of the sun. Later pyramids also could have looked like the slope of the sun’s rays.
- 4Name two animals mentioned in connection with specific Egyptian gods/goddesses.a. Bastet - cat
b. Horus - hawk - 5Explain what Egyptians believed about a person’s body in the afterlife.Egyptians believed that without a body, the spirit would not be able to eat, drink, dance, or enjoy other pleasures of the afterlife.
- 6EMBALMINGProcess of treating a dead body to prevent decay.
- 7MUMMYDead body that has been embalmed.
- 8What are some items found in the tombs of wealthy Egyptians?Food, drink, gold, jewelry, clothes, games, hand mirrors, mummies of animals, statues of servants.
- 9What was the purpose of the objects and paintings in the tombs?The objects and paintings would help make sure that the person would continue to have and enjoy the good things of this life.
- 10What is the Egyptian Book of the Dead?A collection of hymns, prayers, and magic spells that have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs.
- 11According to Egyptian beliefs, how does a dead person proceed to a happy afterlife?The dead person has to pass the test when his/her heart is weighed against the feather of truth. If the spirit is too heavy from sin, it will not pass the test and will die a second, permanent death.
- 12OsirisChief god of the underworld, the home of the dead.
- 13AnubisHelper of Anubis; body of human and head of jackal; job was to prepare bodies for the afterlife.
- 14RaSun god; later joined with Amon to become Amon-Ra; became most powerful of all Egyptian gods.
- 15HathorGoddess of love; head of a cow.
- 16How did Egyptians worship their favorite gods at home?Built small shrines at home and dedicated them to their favorite gods/goddesses.
- 17Getting the body readyStep 1. Prepping the body for afterlife
Embalmers removed internal organs, except the heart.
Packed body in natron (salt) for 40 days. - 18Sealing the bodySTEP 2 in prepping body for afterlife:
Put hot tree sap over the body, washed and oiled it then wrapped in linen strips. - 19Placing the bodySTEP 3 prepping body for afterlife:
Put in burial room of pyramid. - 20What did hieroglyphic characters stand for?Objects, ideas, and sounds.
- 21What is the Rosetta Stone? (hieroglyphics)Black stone slab found in Nile Delta around 1800. It had the same passage written three ways: Greek, hieroglyphics, and another type of Egyptian writing.
- 22Who figured out how to translate the Rosetta Stone?Jean Champollion
- 23How did he figure it out?Realized that the Greek words had proper names Ptolemy and Cleopatra and he was able to find those names in the hieroglyphics.
- 24Ffour different types of written texts that were left by ancient EgyptiansLaws, business contracts, jokes, tales, songs
- 25Describe what it was like in ancient Egyptian “scribe school”Long school day; copying and memorizing passages; teachers used harsh punishments for discipline.
- 26Pharaoh/King (Egyptian "Social Pyramid")TOP LEVEL
- 27Royal Family (Egyptian "social pyramid")JUST BELOW THE TOP
- 28NOBLES ("SOCIAL PYRAMID")STILL IN THE TOP GROUP
- 29Officials, including Scribes (SOCIAL PYRAMID)MIDDLE-PRIVILEDGED POSITION
- 30ARTISANS/SKILLED WORKERS ("Social Pyramid")MIDDLE-MAIN LEVEL
- 31FARMERS (SOCIAL PYRAMID)BOTTOM-BASE
- 32What were some of the duties of government officials?Collected taxes, were in charge of storehouses of food, when crops were poor – distributed food to people
- 33Besides providing food, what else did farmers do?During flood season when they couldn’t plant, farmers worked on building projects, like pyramids and irrigation system.
- 34Why are the social levels in Egypt described as a pyramid?The top layer of the social levels is very small (one person), and each level has more and more people. So it looks like a triangle (or pyramid).
- 35How did slaves serve the king?Fought as soldiers and worked in homes of king or nobles
- 36What did artisans do?Artisans included jewelers, carpenters, painters, stonemasons, brick-makers. Many of them provided items for the pharaoh and his family.
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- SOCIAL PYRAMID, AFTERLIFE & HIEROGLYPHICS
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- jackieb.sphr · Dec 2014
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- Feb 19, 2016
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