ANCIENT EGYPT

Correction Guide: /20 points Total

World History I:

Unit 1: Chapter 2 – Ancient Egypt

Section 2: Egypt’s Old Kingdom

EGYPTIAN SUN GOD - RE1) Why did the pharaohs hold so much power? ( /2 points)

 2) Complete the graphic organizer to show duties pharaoh’s performed. (5 points)

 3) Complete the graphic organizer to describe Egyptian religious beliefs. (5 points)

Both believed in many gods (polytheistic) but Mesopotamia had a gloomy view of the afterlife and the Egyptians took a hopeful view

4) WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA IN REGARDS TO THE AFTERLIFE? (2 POINTS)

5) WHO WERE SOME OF THE EGYPTIANS’ MAIN GODS AND GODDESSES (NAME FOUR) AND WHAT DID THEY DO OR WHAT THEY REPRESENTED. (4 POINTS)

PYRAMIDS6) What was the purpose of the pyramids? (2 points)

Egypt's Old Kingdom Video Clip

Egypt’s Old Kingdom2600 B.C-2300 B.C.

Great Pyramid at Giza built c.2540 B.C.

PYRAMIDS

• Pyramids Video Clip from Nova

• Pyramids from National Geographic

• Explore Pyramids via Nova Interactive

MUMMIES

MUMMIES

HISTORY OF MUMMIFICATION

Where does the word "mummy" come from? “It comes from the Persian and Arabic words "mum" and "mumya,"

which describe wax or bitumen. Bitumen is this black substance that comes from the Mumya mountain in Persia. When Arabs saw mummies for the first time, they assumed that the black goo that covered them was mumya or mum, and so they called them "mumya." And that word then passed into European languages.”

Earliest Mummies? Bodies in Sand???

Video Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Kt2FxhR_k

THE MUMMY PLAY

Parts: Mummy Scribes Slitter Rock throwers Embalmers Priests: Magic and Book of the Dead

PROCESS OF MUMMIFICATION

Length: 70 days Goal: Dehydrate the body

Remove all organs from Body: Scribes Slitter: Makes a cut to remove organs Embalmers remove: Liver, Kidney, intestines Add spices Brain time : Enter head through nose

Hooked tool: remove brain one piece at a time. Add Natron: Baking soda and salt (35 days)

Spiritual Priests: Recite “magical words” Cover body with spices: Mumya??? Then the wrapping begins

Egyptian Mummies from the British Museum

HERAKLEIDES

Greek Philosopher and Astronomer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MQ5dL9cQX0

TOMBS

VALLEY OF THE KINGS

KING TUT- “THE GOLDEN KING”

Death: King Tutankhamun died from broken leg made worse by malaria

NEW INFORMATION DISCOVERED

http://video.foxnews.com/v/3853019072001/has-tech-solved-the-mystery-of-king-tut/#sp=show-clips

CREATE YOUR OWN TOMB!!!

MUMMIFICATION

"You Wouldn't Want To Be An Egyptian Mummy!“

Egyptian Mummies from the British Museum

Embalm Your Own Mummy - University of Chicago

Mummification Song - "Time of Your Life" by Green Day