1. Warm up #6
Sumerians wrote on clay. What do you think would be the hardest thing would be about writing on clay?

2. Warm up #7
Name 2-3 things you know about the Ancient Egyptian

3. Geography of Egypt Nile River Flows South to North
95% of people live near it
Annual floods produces fertile soil
Rest of country mostly desert
Sahara (East & South)
Libyan (west)
Suez Canal
Connects Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea

4. Egyptian Kingdom Ancient Egypt Ruled 2600 to 332 BCE
Theocracy– Government run by
religious leaders
Pharaohs—Leaders of Ancient Egypt
The Sphinx at Giza
Half man/Half Lion

5. Egyptian Culture Polytheistic—belief in more than 1 god/goddess
Osiris-God of Dead
Ruler of the Underworld
Mummified man
Anubis-God of embalming
and dead
Watched over the dead
Jackal Head
Osiris God of resurrection and fertility…spirits would have to pass of series of tests to live in the underworld…would also get barley from osiris
Ra-Sun God
Most Important to Egyptians
Hawk Head with Sun Disk
Horus-God of Sky
Protector of the rule of Egypt
Hawk Head

6. Egyptian Culture Mummification—Process of preserving the body
Prepare the body for afterlife
Treated in chemicals
Wrapped in clothes
Only for the wealthy!!!
Pull brain out of nose using a hook
Make a cut on the left side of the body near the tummy
Remove all internal organs
Let the internal organs dry
Place the lungs, intestines, stomach and liver inside canopic jars
Place the heart back inside the body
Rinse inside of body with wine and spices
Cover the corpse with natron (salt) for 70 days
After 40 days stuff the body with linen or sand to give it a more human shape
After the 70 days wrap the body from head to toe in bandages
Place in coffin
Sarcophagus-Coffin

7. Egyptian Culture Egyptian Writing Hieroglyphics—picture writing
used by the Egyptians
Papyrus- Paper made from river
reed