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1. Egyptian Civilization
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3. Egyptian Religion
 We have learned about
their religious beliefs
from not only Tombs,
but also wall paintings
 Believed in many gods
 Amon Re – Sun god
 Pharaoh was also seen
as a god
 Many believed in Isis
and Osiris story
 Monotheism or the
study of only one God,
came about during this
time by Pharaoh
Akhenaton

4. Belief in Afterlife
 Test on ones soul in
order to win eternal life.
 Mummification was a
way that the dead could
be preserved for the
afterlife and buried with
everything they would
need in the afterlife.
 Later we would see
even ordinary people
afforded mummification
 Curse of Tut, Myth or
Truth?

5. Farmer and Women of Egypt
 Farming in Summer,
working for the Pharaoh
in the off-season
 Trade would expand the
Merchant class.
 “The foot of an Egyptian
women may walk where
it pleases and no one
may deny her.”
 Women had many rights
including business
owning, property rights
and divorce
 Many women worked
outside the home and
could even become a
priest.

6. Writing – Hieroglyphics
 Hieroglyphics is a form
of picture writing.
 Paper was made of a
plant near the Nile,
called papyrus
 Rosetta Stone – Stone
with 3 forms of writing
on it which was
deciphered to under
stand Hieroglyphics.

7. Egyptian skillz that killz
 Medicine – Egyptian
physicians believed in
magic, but also
studied symptoms,
diagnosing illness and
would find cures to
disease.
 Did surgery, created
medical manuals on
papyrus, as well as
prescribed medicine
that is still used today.

8. More Skillz
 Created 12 month
calendar with 30 days
each, which became
basis for modern
calendar.
 Created practical
geometry to survey land
and create boundaries for
farms
 Engineered pyramids
with Geometry to
calculate each size and
location of each stone.

9. Art and Literature
 From tombs and wall
paintings we know
they Egyptians were
very talented artisans
 Wrote many folk tale
stories of battle as
well as poems and
songs.
 They would share
these with their
Sumerian neighbors.

10. Reflection
Fill out your Learn column of
your KWL chart
What was the most interesting
thing you learned about
Ancient Egypt and why?

11. THANKS
 SIVAPRIYA P