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A: Achet. An amulet for luck Represented the sun Made of red stone or red glass. B: Benben. Symbol of the sun god Linked to Primeval Mound Linked to Amun. C: Coffin. Container to hold mummy Shape of human body or rectangle Made of different materials. D: Dreams. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
A: Achet A: Achet
An amulet for luck An amulet for luck Represented the Represented the
sun sun Made of red stone Made of red stone
or red glassor red glass
B: BenbenB: Benben
Symbol of the sun Symbol of the sun godgod
Linked to Primeval Linked to Primeval MoundMound
Linked to Amun Linked to Amun
C: CoffinC: Coffin
Container to hold Container to hold mummymummy
Shape of human Shape of human body or rectanglebody or rectangle
Made of different Made of different materialsmaterials
D: DreamsD: Dreams
Dreams were sent Dreams were sent by godsby gods
Told the futureTold the future Were either good Were either good
or bad or bad
E: Epagomenal Days E: Epagomenal Days
360 days each year360 days each year Realized days Realized days
weren’t in tune weren’t in tune with season, added with season, added five days to end of five days to end of yearyear
The goddess Nut The goddess Nut gave birth to her gave birth to her five children on five children on those daysthose days
F: Funerary Beliefs F: Funerary Beliefs
Burials were just Burials were just pit graves with pit graves with mummy insidemummy inside
Started burying Started burying everyday objects everyday objects with mummieswith mummies
Pharaohs were Pharaohs were moved to tombs moved to tombs
G: GoldG: Gold
Found in the Red Found in the Red Land Land
Most precious thing Most precious thing in Egyptin Egypt
““Flesh of the Gods”Flesh of the Gods”
H: Hathor H: Hathor
Cow was her Cow was her symbolsymbol
Oldest and most Oldest and most beloved goddessbeloved goddess
Became Mother Became Mother Goddess Goddess
I: Immortality I: Immortality
Meant you could Meant you could live foreverlive forever
Only for those pure Only for those pure of heartof heart
The life after deathThe life after death
J: Judgment Day J: Judgment Day
After death, chance After death, chance to become to become immortalimmortal
Heart weighed Heart weighed against featheragainst feather
If heart was If heart was heavier, you would heavier, you would not exist not exist
K: KhatK: Khat
Mummified body Mummified body only home for khatonly home for khat
Spells to protect Spells to protect khatkhat
Offerings for khat Offerings for khat
L: Letters to the DeadL: Letters to the Dead
Practiced writing Practiced writing letters to the deadletters to the dead
Wrote in a bowl full Wrote in a bowl full of offeringsof offerings
Asked for help on Asked for help on Judgment DayJudgment Day
M: MummyM: Mummy
Dead, preserved Dead, preserved bodybody
Made by priests Made by priests Have spells done Have spells done
over themover them
N: Nile RiverN: Nile River
Without Nile River, Without Nile River, no Egypt no Egypt
Good when Nile Good when Nile floods floods
Prayed to Sobek Prayed to Sobek
O: OsirisO: Osiris
Close relations with Close relations with many godsmany gods
God of death and God of death and rebirthrebirth
Murdered by Murdered by brother, Seth brother, Seth
P: PriestsP: Priests
Unsealed and Unsealed and sealed templessealed temples
Lead by Chief Lead by Chief Priest [pharaoh] Priest [pharaoh]
Were closest to Were closest to godsgods
Q: Queen HatshepsutQ: Queen Hatshepsut
Greatest female Greatest female rulerruler
Addressed as a Addressed as a man after man after becoming pharaohbecoming pharaoh
Sent expeditions to Sent expeditions to other lands other lands
R: Ramses IIR: Ramses II
Made big building Made big building projectsprojects
Egypt’s last Egypt’s last warrior-pharaohwarrior-pharaoh
Had over 100 sons Had over 100 sons
S: Social Classes S: Social Classes
Jobs based on Jobs based on social classessocial classes
Classes like Classes like pyramids; top to pyramids; top to bottombottom
Very importantVery important
T :TutankhamenT :Tutankhamen
Not important rulerNot important ruler Everything made of Everything made of
gold and finerygold and finery Had six daughters Had six daughters
and a wifeand a wife
U: UnderworldU: Underworld
Need to be dead Need to be dead and preservedand preserved
Defeat any threatDefeat any threat Reach west of Nile Reach west of Nile
before sun setsbefore sun sets
V: Valley of the KingsV: Valley of the Kings
Important rulers in Important rulers in tombstombs
11 identified tombs11 identified tombs Some family Some family
members includedmembers included
W: WomenW: Women
Considered sacredConsidered sacred Highly respectedHighly respected Had more rights Had more rights
than in other than in other countriescountries
Work CitedWork Cited
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Ganeri, Anita. Ganeri, Anita. Focus on Focus on Ancient EgyptiansAncient Egyptians. Gloucester Press: 1993. Gloucester Press: 1993
McCracken, Harold. McCracken, Harold. MummyMummy. The Columbia Encyclopedia: 2000. The Columbia Encyclopedia: 2000
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