Ancient EgyptMrs. Telech

It all began more than 5,000 years ago when a great civilization came to

power along the banks of the Nile River.

Nile River

• World’s longest river• produced silt(mud or fine earth)• trading (ships used to import copper,oil, etc)• Farming• watering fields-used shaduf• water flows north• wind flows south

Education -Reading and Writing

• hieroglyphics

• right to left

• left to right

• top to bottom

• letters called scripts

• alphabet consisted of 24 consonants and no vowels

Rosetta Stone

• Found in Rosetta

• Looked like black stone

• Captain Bouchard found

• written in three writings (hieroglyphics,demotic, and greek)

Scribes

• Began training at 10 • Practicing they wrote

on broken pottery• wrote on paper called

papyrus

• paper comes from ancient word

• Sons of royalty and wealthy families

• Great honor

• Respected by all people

Sphinx

• Giza• Head of man• Body of Lion• Protects the great

pyramid• means living image

Pyramids

Tombs or burial places for egyptians

House of Everlasting

• Believed they would come back

• enter boat to live with immortals

• Buriel place for kings and their families

• Helps our knowledge of their life and beliefs

King Tut’s Tomb

• Found by Howard Carteer

• 1920’s

• Antechamber

• Annex

• Buriel chamber

Building Pyramids

• Errors were small

• sight surveyed and leveled

• haul stones from Cairo, across river, up ramps

Step Pyramid

• Built for king Koser

• Designer Imhotep

• Never finished

Great Pyramid

• King Khufu

• Largest of all Pyramids

Games

• Senet- board games

• Storytelling (Cinderella)

• Wrestling

Pharoahs

• Kings

• People believed he was son of god Ra

• Ra is the sun god

Mummies

• Removed all organs except heart

• Placed organs in Canopic Jars

• Wrapped in fine linens

• food and belongings were buried with Pharoahs