study of ancient egypt
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Study of Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Life• Agriculture• Family life• Marriage• Food and cooking• Jewelry• Clothing
Geography of Egypt
• Location of country• Nile River• Silt
Gods and Goddesses
• Kings relationship to Gods
• What they control
• How to identify them
Mummification• Resurrection of body and life everlasting• Things needed for life after death• Preservation of body• Embalmers and their tools
Pharaoh
• Absolute authority• Controlled all land and resources• Mirror the goddess Ma’at• Delegated responsibilities to others
• Tombs of Kings
• Burial chambers for the Pharaoh
• Materials used in building the Pyramids
Pyramids
Temples
• Importance to Egyptians• Purposes of the temples
• Temple of Karnak at Luxor
Calendars of Ancient Egypt
• Influence of the environment in ancient Egyptians lives
• Civil Calendar
• Lunar Calendar
• Names of the months
Trades
• Skilled Artisans
Carpenters
Stonemasons and Sculptors
Brickmakers
Hieroglyphs
• Hieroglypic characters
• Characters represent common objects
• Numbering system
• Images represent units of 10
• Eye of Horus Fractions
The End