Starter Activity Please take a look at the below photograph of

King Tut’s burial coffins. What do these images tell you about King Tut?

King Tut: Curse or Coincidence You will be divided into pairs today in

classPlease complete the King Tut: Curse or

Coincidence Activity with your assigned partner

Be sure to read together and answer the attached questions in complete sentences

Summarizing Question

Let’s answer the following question as a class…

How do you think the discovery of King Tut’s tomb in 1922 has impacted our

understand of the ancient Egyptians?

3-2-1 Starter Activity

Pick up a slip of paper as you take your seats and complete the following…

1. Please list 3 things that you already know about the Egyptian pharaohs

2. List 2 things that you remember about King Tut?

3. Write 1 question you still have about the ancient Egyptians

Section 4, The New Kingdom The Egyptian Empire

started during this time Pharaohs wanted to

expand control beyond the Nile River

The warrior-pharaoh, Thutmose III, extended the Egyptian empire to include Syria and Palestine

Unlike most pharaohs, Hatshepsut, favored building temples and trading Most pharaohs wanted

power and war

Egyptians traded weapons and metal tools for ivory, leopard skins, and a black wood called ebony

Egyptian Hieroglyphics

Egyptian picture writing is called Hieroglyphics

The key to understanding this writing was the Rosetta Stone

Fun fact: The Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799 and is kept at the British Museum in England