1. Ancient Egyptian Trade

2. Bronze

3. Ebony
Ebony and Ivory box

4. Gold

5. Incense
Frankincense
Myrrh
Copper Incense Burner

6. Ivory

7. Lapis Lazuli Scarab Beetle
While the blue stripes of Tut’s headress are made of a glass paste meant to imitate lapis lazuli, the pharoah’s eye makeup is real lapis lazuli.
Lapis Lazuli Scarab Beetle

8. Olive Oil
Olive oil storage containers similar to those used in transporting olive oil.
Modern Olive Oil

9. Pottery
Nubian Pottery
Cretan Pottery
Canaanite Pottery

10. Slaves
Emphasize that scholars do NOT believe that the slaves built the pyramids

11. Timber Construction of an ancient Egyptian boat
Wood Statue covered in resin
Gilded Wooden Statue
Wooden Furniture

12. Wild Animals
Cynocephalus baboons

13. Exports
Dates
Grain
Papyrus

14. CONTEXT CONTEXT! CONTEXT! CONTEXT! CONTEXT! CONTEXT! CONTEXT! CONTEXT!

15. What is Context? Why is it important?
CONTEXT is knowing exactly where you found something so that you can get more information about the object.
Jenny’s pencil from her desk in a fourth grade classroom at Alvarado Elementary School
Any old pencil

16. CONTEXT
This kind of Nubian pottery, known as Kerma ware was only made in Nubia between 1700 BC and 1550 BC.
If you found this ceramic vessel in a royal tomb in Egypt, you could tell a lot from its CONTEXT
You would know:
Ancient Egypt traded with Nubia during this time period.
Since you found it in a royal tomb, this imported pottery must have been considered important. Because imported objects took a lot of effort to obtain, they were often given a greater value.
You could also use the dates from the pottery to help date the tomb.