Life in Ancient Egypt
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Life in Ancient Egypt
Lesson 5-2
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How did work and social roles affect people in ancient Egypt?0Work roles expanded0More complex jobs were created that did
not have to do with agriculture
Scribe: A person whose job was to write and keep records
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Egyptian Social Roles
0Pharaoh0Priests & Nobles0Craftspeople & Merchants0Farmers0Laborers & Slaves
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How did learning advance in ancient Egypt?
0New ideas were created in astronomy, geometry, medicine, and writing
0Astronomy – used stars to create the first practical calendar
0Geometry – developed accurate surveying methods0Medicine – learned to use herbs for medicine, were
able to perform some of the world’s first surgery
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Hierogylphs
0Developed a writing system beginning in 3000 B.C.0Early hieroglyphic system had about 700 characters
and over time grew to include more than 6,000 characters.
0Hieroglyphs - pictures that stand for different words or sounds
0Papyrus – a paper-like material
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What religious beliefs did Egyptians hold?
0They believed in many gods (polytheism).0They believed in a happy afterlife.0Egyptians believed that they would need their bodies
in the afterlife so they embalmed bodies to make mummies.
Afterlife – a life believed to follow deathEmbalm – to preserve a body after deathMummy – a body that has been dried so it won’t decay
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Mummification
0The entire process could take up to 70 days.
0The brain was not saved because it was considered worthless.
0The heart was left in the body and weighed against a feather to see if the person was free of sin.
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Now you are going to embalm your own mummy!
0http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/mummy.html
0Go to this website and embalm your own mummy.