Transcript ANCIENT EGYPT

ANCIENT EGYPT
By:O.M
November 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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HIEROGLYPHICS
WOMEN IN ANCIENT EGYPT
IMPORTANT ANIMALS
GODS AND GODDESSES
PYRAMAIDS
HIEROGLYPHICS
• The ancient Egyptians made a writing system around 5000 years
ago.
• Hieroglyphics meant ‘’sacred carving’’
• They used pictures of things and people AND animals to write down
they're language.
• There are over 700 signs
• If an animal bird or person is facing left you read from left to right if
they are facing right you read from right to left
• In hieroglyphics you can write from down or across
WOMEN IN ANCIENT EGYPT
• People who married usually got married young 12-14
• Kids were very important
• If a woman broke the law she had to go to court and defend herself like
every one else
• If a woman wanted divorce she could
• A woman got to say yes or no to marriage
IMPORTANT ANIMALS
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Cats were sacred in Egypt.
The pharaoh wanted all the cats to kill the mice and rats.
6,000 years ago years ago Egyptians got lots of mice and rats.
Ancient Egyptians would never kill a cat.
One day an African wild cat wandered in to an Egyptian village.
Gods and Goddess
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Ra was the of the sun. Ra thought he created the sun .
Set was attached to the desert .
Bes brought joy and good luck to families .
Horus was the child of Osiris and Isis .
Anubis , people thought he created mummification, he wore a jackal mask.
Hathor was the goddess of love and joy A temple was made for Hathor.
Ma at was the daughter of sun god Ra.
Pyramids
•The sphinx guards the pyramids in Giza.
•This pyramid was the biggest pyramid, and very famous.
• The great pyramid took 20 years to build
•Most pyramids are to the west of the Nile .
•Pyramids were made in the dry desert to keep the pharaohs body's from rotting.
Credits
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http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/history/egypt/e
gyptianmap/
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http://resources.woodlandsjunior.kent.sch.uk/homework/egypt/pyramids.htm
http://www.mrdonn.org/
Ed Helper.com
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