Transcript Diapositiva 1

GEOGRAPHY:
Ancient Egypt is situated in the North of
Africa, near the Nile. Ancient Egyptian
divided their town in 2 sides: one was the
“black land” and the other was the “red
land”.
The “black land” was the most fertile, only
there they could grow their cops because
of the flooding of the Nile, and the ”red
land” was a barren desert that protected
the Egyptians from neighbouring and
invading armies.
LANGUAGE SPOKEN:
People think that Egyptian is the oldest
language in the world, between 2000 B.C.
and 2600 B.C.
The language is written by Hieroglyphics on
the walls. The scientist had discovered
that the Egyptian had two phases, the
first was the Ancient Egyptian that it has
been becoming in the actual Egyptian
language.
Name: Abu Simbel
Continent: MIDDLE-EAST
Alt Name: Temples of Ramesses II
Country: Egypt
Period: Ancient Egypt
Sub-Region: Date: 2000BC - 1001BC
City/Town: Abu Simbel
Figure: Pharaoh Ramesses II
Name: Abusir Pyramids
Continent: MIDDLE-EAST
Alt Name: Abu Sir
Country: Egypt
Period: Ancient Egypt
Sub-Region: Date: 3000BC - 2001BC
City/Town: Cairo
Figure: Resorts: Cairo, Banha,
Name: Abydos
Continent: MIDDLE-EAST
Alt Name: Temple of Seti I
Country: Egypt
Period: Ancient Egypt
Sub-Region: Date: 2000BC - 1001BC
City/Town: Qina
Figure: Pharaoh Ramesses II
Resorts: Luxor,
DAILY LIFE: The daily life was around the Nile and the fertile land along its banks. The yearly
flooding of the Nile enriched the soil and brought good harvests and wealth to the land. They built
their houses with mudbrick. They grew their food and they made exchanges to get things they
couldn’t produce. Most ancient egyptians were farmers, craftsmen and scribes. Some of them were
nobles.
CLOTHING: They used linen to make their clothes because of the hot. The pharaohs would wear
leopard skins over their shoulders and added a lion’s tail to hang from their belt. The men wore
wrap around skirts known as the Shendyt, which were belted at the waist. Egyptian women wore full
length straight dresses with one or two shoulder straps. The dresses worn by rich Egyptian women
were made from fine transparent linen. Like the men, rich Egyptian women decorated their clothes
and wore jewellery and headdresses. Their footwear were sandals.
FOOD: The poorest people ate a healthy diet of fruits and vegetables. The rich ate meat of many
kinds, mostly cows and sheep. The rich drank wine and almost everybody else drank beer.
FAMILIES: Egyptians mostly lived in families made up of a
mother and a father and children, just as many people do
today. But their families often had five or more children,
because so many children died before they grew up.
GIRLS: Girls usually lived at home until they were about 15-19
years old, when they got married.
BOYS: Boys often continued living in their parents' house
even after they got married, with their new wife.
SCHOOL: The Ancient Egyptians had schools but these were
exclusively for males who were in training to be scribes and
officials for the priesthood or civil administration. The royal
family had their own special tutors and the ordinary people
were educated at home.
WHAT ARE THEY? : Egyptian hieroglyphs were a formal writing
system used by the ancient Egyptians that combined logographic and
alphabetic elements.
WHY WERE THEY USED? : hieroglyphic signs were used to keep
records of the king's possessions. Scribes could easily make these
records by drawing a picture of a cow or a boat followed by a number.
But as the language became more complex more pictures were needed.
Eventually the language consisted of more then 750 individual signs.
Pyramids were constructed by large work gangs over a period of many years. The
Pyramid started in the third dynasty and ended in the Second Intermediate Period.
A pyramid's large square base creates a very stable structure. A number of
astronomical observations were used to precisely align its corners with the four
cardinal points. There may have been several ramps on each side of the pyramid. It
may have been built by only 20,000 men over 20 years.
There are actually over 100 pyramids in Egypt although many of them are relatively
unknown. The majority of pyramids are grouped around and near the city of Cairo,
just south of the Nile Delta. Only one royal pyramid is known in southern Egypt,
located at Abydos.
Why?
The pyramids were built to protect the body
of the deceased pharaoh.. It was believed
that while alive, the pharaoh represented
Horus and upon his death he represented
Osiris.
How?
How were the blocks transported to the
pyramids? By man power. The vast
majority of the blocks weighed in the
region of 2.5 tons and were transported
on wooden sledges. The work force was
was not one of slaves , the Egyptians
didn't need slaves.