For this week’s assignment we are going to get more practice doing basic research. Go to www.worldbookonline.com and sign in. Your log in id is “scs” (no quotes, no punctuation) and the password is “cougars”. Enter the World Book Student site and search for articles related to the history of Egypt. There are few requirements as to the topic – find something that interests you. You will need to reference an article and a related table, map, or special report in your essay. Be sure to fully cite your references (don’t just name the website, but list the website, article name and author, and date you read it).
Some of you have been writing essays that are nearly a thousand words long. Congratulations overachievers! However, you are overworking me – so stop. The minimum is 200 words and your essay should be at least that long if you want credit. However, feel free to put a sock in it after getting your point across. That will be greatly appreciated!
In 1992 British archeologist Howard Carter discovered something that would spark interest from then and is still sparking interest now. He discovered the tomb of the pharoh Tutankhamun, or Tut as he is most commonly refered as. This tomb was the only ancient Egyption tomb ever opened where the treasures and the mummy lay almost completly undamaged.
ReplyDeleteTut became king of Egypt at age 9 in the year 1332 BC. His father was Pharoh Akhenaten who had made the god "Aton" Egypt's only god. Tut's original name was not "Tutankhamun." It actually was "Tutankhaten" which meant "the living image of Aton" or "the life of Aton is pleasing." Tut changed his name after he became pharoh to please the people who rejected Aton and still served Amun (the sun god). He also went back and restored the old religion and ignored his father's religion.
Tut is believed to have died at age 18 or so. Many people use to, and some still do, believe that Tut was murdered. That is, however, a lie. Tut most likely died of malaria, but he also suffered from many defects that might have contributed to his death. He suffered from foot deformities, a broken leg, and cleft palate (a birth defect marked by a split in the roof of the mouth). Following Tut's death, his vizier (minister of state) Ay became pharoh. Ay held Tut's funeral in the Valley of the Kings, a burial center in Thebes. Ay's succesor, Horemheb, and also later rulers removed all memorials that Tut built, or memorials of Tut and others who who had accepted Aton as Egypt's chief god. Because of this, very little was known about Tut until Carter discovered his tomb.
Tut's tomb, which took nearly 6 years to discover, was four rooms and contained more then 5,000 objects. These included: a lifelike mask of Tut that covered the pharoh's head and shoulders, chests, thrones, beds, clothing, chariots, bows and arrows, daggers, statues of Tut and Egyption gods, figures of animals, toys, and games. Most of these items are now in the in the Egyption Museum of Cairo.
Lesko, Leonard H. "Tutankhamun." World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 6 Sept. 2010.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar571760&st=tut
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ReplyDeleteAfter Alexander the Great died his kingdom split up among his generals, Ptolemy was appointed to command over Egypt. He started the Ptolemaic dynasty. But through this dynasty belonged Cleopatra. Cleopatra was born in 69 B. C. Cleopatra was queen of ancient Egypt, and one of the most fascinating women in history. v She is the seventh Egyptian queen of Macedonian descent with that name. In 52 B. C. Cleopatra became co- ruler with her father. he died a year later and she married her 10 year old brother and became co- rulers. In 49 B. C. her brother's guards seized power for him and drove Cleopatra from the throne. Julius Caesar arrived in Rome while he was in pursuit of a roman general, who was a rival in his struggle to rule Rome. There he met Cleopatra and became lovers. Caesar defeated Cleopatra's opponents and put her back on the throne with another brother. Cleopatra and Caesar had a son. After Julius's death she had her brother killed so their son could rule with her. She then became lovers with Mark Anthony. For political reasons he left her for Octavia, sister of his co-ruler, and got married. But he abandoned her and came back to Cleopatra and they got married. Octavian went to war against them and they were forced to go back to Alexandria. She then spread a report that she had committed suicide. Anthony in his grief stabbed himself, before he died he learned that she was still alive and died in her arms. She tried to make peace with Octavian but failed. She committed suicide by placing a poisonous snake on her arm. Romans killed Cleopatra and Julius's son, afraid that he would try and claim the throne for himself. Their deaths ended the Ptolemaic dynasty.
ReplyDeleteRitner, Robert K. "Cleopatra." World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 8 Sept. 2010.
http://worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar118780&st=cleopatra
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ReplyDeleteYour essay was very inforrmative and taught me a lot of stuff I never knew about Cleapatra. After reading your essay, I gotta say, Cleapatra was a creepy lady. haha Marrying your 10 year old brother?? Yes, that was all right back in those times, but it's still really gross (especially being married at 10!!!) Cleapatra really had a messed up life, I think. Although, this is the animal lover in me coming out, I wonder what type of snake she used to commit suicide. A cobra? Horned Viper? haha :) Anyways, good essay!! Very informative!!!
What interests me most about ancient Egypt is their religion. The Egyptian people believed in many different gods and goddesses that influenced every part of nature and human life. Each and every city had a specific ‘god’ which they worshiped along with the main gods. The main god to all Egyptians was known as Ra, the sun god. Re supposedly was the god of good harvest. The Egyptian people believed that if Re and the goddess Rennutet, which also had the same control as Ra, were pleased then their harvest would be good. Isis was the most important goddess to the Egyptians. Isis was known as the representation of a devoted mother and wife. Her son, Osiris, was known as god of the sky. He was also called the lord of heaven and he normally was pictured to have the head of a falcon. Many other gods had animal heads with human bodies also. This made identification of the gods easier. Each city had their own god such as Ptah, the creator god of Memphis; Thoth, the god of wisdom and writing in Hermopolis; and Khnum, the creator god of Elephantine. The temples were used as homes of the deities so the Egyptians prayed at home rather than at the temples. Normally a king or priest main job was to please and serve the gods. The gods were represented in statue form. The kings or priests would daily bring food, offer prayers and even dress the statue in an effort to please the gods.
ReplyDeleteIkram, Salima. "Egypt, Ancient." World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 9 Sept. 2010
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar175060&st=history+of+egypt
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ReplyDeleteAncient Egypt began around 5,000 years ago in the Nile River Valley in northeastern Africa. It was the birthplace of one of the worlds first civilizations. This civilization lasted about 2,000 years making it one of the longest lasting civilizations. The Nile River, every year, overflowed and brought a strip of rich soil along each bank. Ancient Egyptians called their country Kemet which meant "black land." It was given this name because of its black soil.
ReplyDeleteThe ancient Egyptions made many contributions to developing civilizations. They created the following: worlds first national government, basic arithmatic, our 365-day calender, picture writing known as hieroglyphics, papyrus, and of coarse their most famous would be the pyramids they built as tombs for their rulers. These pyramids have been preserved for about 4,500 years and are reminders of the glory of ancient Egypt.
The land of ancient Egypt was quite long and narrow through which the Nile River flowed. On the east, south, and west of the country were deserts. The Egyptians called the desert Deshret, which means red land To the north was the Mediterranean Sea. Back to the Nile, this river split into different channels which formed the Nile Delta. In central Africa, during the month of June, there was a period of time when it would rain so much and flood the banks of the Nile each year.
The people of ancient Egypt mostly lived in the Nile River Valley. Some people believe that at one point one million to four million people lived there, maybe even more. Anceint Egyption had dark skin and dark hair. They spoke both Semitic languages of southwestern Asia to certain languages of northern Africa. The Egyptians language of hieroglyphics had over 700 picture symbols. This system of picture symbols was used around 3,000 B.C.
I honestly could easily say that I think most everything about the ancient Egyptians interests me. Such as their great architecture, transportation, music, agriculture, recreation, food, clothing, education, and family life. But if I had to pick one I would say their recreation--although I do love their architecture a lot too. I would choose recreation because it says the Egyptians played a game called senet, which was a board game similar to backgammon. Its interesting to me just thinking that way back in 3,000 B.C. they played board games similar to ones we as Americans play today in the 21st century.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar175060&st=history+of+egypt
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/extmedia?id=ar175060&st=history+of+egypt&em=lr004248 This website is one to show a picture of the three periods of ancient Egypt.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
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ReplyDeleteAs Private Elijah said, your report was very informative and I enjoyed reading it. It sounds like Cleopatra had a lot of lovers. I also agree with Private Elijah that Cleopatra was obviously a strange woman. Strange enough to marry her brother and kill herself with a snake. It sounds like she was pretty violent too, by having her brother killed just so her son could rule with her.
Well anyways, you did a very good job.
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ReplyDeleteI decided to write my essay on Cleopatra. She was one of the most interesting queens of Ancient Egypt. After the death of Cleopatra’s father, Ptolemy XII, she and her brother were married and became co-rulers. In this time it was normal to marry brothers and sisters. In 49BC Ptolemy XIII guardians held power over him, which led to Cleopatra becoming the queen. Caesar came to Alexandria, Egypt; he was in a struggle to become a ruler of Rome when he met Cleopatra. They fell in love as soon as they met. After Caesar defeated Cleopatra’s opponents, he put her as queen in the throne once again, along with her other brother Ptolemy XIV. Cleopatra gave birth to a son, Ptolemy XV, who they called Caesarion. Ptolemy XIV and Caesarion went with Cleopatra to Rome after Caesar’s request. Caesar was assassinated in 44BC, bringing Cleopatra back to Egypt. After that Cleopatra decided to have Ptolemy XIV killed to allow Caesarion to rule as Ptolemy XV.
ReplyDeleteCleopatra also had a relationship with Mark Antony. She gave birth to twins, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene in 36BC. After Antony left, for political reasons Cleopatra married Octavia. A few years later, Antony came back and continued his relationship with Cleopatra behind Octavia. This led to another son, Ptolemy Philadelphos. In 34BC, Antony and Cleopatra were married, leading to being rulers again. During war between Octavia and Antony, Antony was killed, dying in Cleopatra’s arms. Cleopatra did not want the humiliation and decided to kill herself by taking a poisonous snake, called an asp, and laying it on her chest.
to emmadelaine, i really liked your essay and your essay was very informative i learned a whole bunch of stuff about egyptian religion and gods from it too. the main stuff i learned though is that the temples were only used as a home for the dieties and the kings and preists would serve them daily. but good job. i really enjoyed your fascinating peice of work.
ReplyDeleteI chose to do my report on the Egyptian king Tutankhamun. If the name does not sound familiar you might know him better as King Tut. For the sake of time I will refer to him as King Tut from now on.
ReplyDeleteIn 1922 King Tut’s tomb was discovered by Howard Carter, a British archeologist. It is the only ancient Egyptian tomb to be found untouched by grave robbers. Although the tomb was only four rooms there were over five thousand artifacts in it.
One of the most interesting thing about King Tut is that he was elevated to the position of king at the age of about nine. As you can imagine that was a very large responsibility for some one of such a young age. King Tut was the son of King Akhenaten and Akhenaten’s sister. One of the biggest thing that King Akhenaten did during his reign as king was order that Egypt change their ways of polytheism and only worship the god Aten. I mention this because it leads us into the big accomplishment of King Tut’s reign. He restored the old religion to Egypt.
Historians think that King Tut died around the age of eighteen from malaria. In addition to the malaria King Tut also had several other medical problems including a foot deformity and a cleft palate. These could have been because of the fact that his parents were siblings.
Lesko, Leonard H. "Tutankhamun." World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 9 Sept. 2010.
To Alexandria Grace, Great job on your report. I really liked it. I learned a whole bunch of stuff from it too, such as that they played board games similar to our today way back then, just like people today play them. I Also agree with you, I think Egyptian architecture and most of its history are very fascinating. I think Egypt was just an all around fascinating country back then, If I lived way back then I know I would be fascinated when I saw thousands of people building a gigantic pyramid. But great job I really loved it.
ReplyDeleteHoward Carter came to Egypt at age 17. He began his career in Egyptology by copying wall scenes and inscriptions as an artist. Eight years later he was appointed the Inspector General of Monuments in Upper Egypt. During this time Egyptians did not understand the value of ancient Egyptian history so they allowed and asked for British and French inspectors to tell them what was of value and what wasn't.
ReplyDeleteIn 1905 Carter resigned from this job and went to work for Lord Carnarvon. Lord Carnarvon spent a winter in Egypt because of ill health.
(Racing car accident!) Being bored he took up archaeology. All he was able to dig up was a mummified cat still in it's coffin. He decided to hire someone knowledgeable for the following season so he chose Howard Carter.
There were several pieces of evidence that pointed to a name of a tomb that had not been found that of Tutankhamun or King Tut. Carter systematically searched for the tomb for 5 years. After 5 years Carnarvon got tired and made a decision to stop the search. After a discussion with Carter he agreed to one last season. By Nov. 1, 1922, Carter began his final season working on the Valley of the Kings. By the fourth day of work, they found a step that had been cut into the rock.After several days of digging Carter was able to make a discovery "details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals statutes and gold, everywhere the glint of gold..". The rest is history, Howard Carter with the financial support of Lord Carnarvon, discovered the tomb of King Tut.
Sources cited: www.worldbookonline.com
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Note: www.worldbookonline.com At King Tut's site the had some awesome audio tools. Notes played on Tutankamun's Trumpet as well as audio of Howard Carters voice on his discovery of King Tut's tomb.
Ritner, Robert K. "Cleopatra." World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 10 Sept. 2010.
ReplyDeleteAncient Egypt was an intriguing civilization. Many kings ruled the country for years, but there were two kings of great importance. The rulers of Ancient Egypt have always fascinated me. I was especially amazed at how Egypt became a great civilization.
ReplyDeleteThere were once two kingdoms of Egypt, the Upper Kingdom and the Lower Kingdom. The Lower Kingdom was situated around the Nile delta area and the Upper Kingdom was in the north. Two great kings ruled these two kingdoms; one of them was called King Medes who was the ruler of the Lower Kingdom. King Medes wanted to rule all of Egypt, so he went to war with Upper Egypt. He conquered the king and was placed as ruler of all Egypt. He was the first king to unite the Egyptian kingdom into one national government.
King Medes was the first in a long line of dynasties to rule Ancient Egypt. He established his capital as the city of Memphis, which is now present-day Cairo. Memphis was a thriving city and a commercial trade center for years.
For centuries after this, Egypt had a remarkable impact on the surrounding civilizations, situated on the cross roads of three great continents. Their culture influenced all three continents. King Medes’ vision of one great Egypt came true.
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Title: "Egypt, Ancient."
Author: Ikram, Salima.
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Private Elijah,
ReplyDeleteYour essay was really interesting. It's amazing how opening a tomb can allow you to learn so much about a person. I learned a lot from your writing. I didn't know Tut died from Malaria, I thought he was murdered as well. I also like how King Tut restored the old religion, instead of following his father. Most people are scared to do things like that, worrying what people will think.
Emma.Delaine,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your essay. I've always been intrested in what the Egyptians worshipped and why. I learned a lot from your essay, it was very imformative. Although, I will never understand why they worshipped so many gods, and not our God, the creator of everything.
Cleopatra
ReplyDeleteCleopatra was a queen of Egypt and a very dascinating woman in the past. She was intelligent, charming, witte, and ambitious. Cleopatra belonged to the dynasty in 323 B.C.
In 49 B.C. guardians seized power for Julius Caesar and drove her from the throne. One year later Julius Caesar arrived in Alexandria. They met and became lovers and he also put her back to the throne.
After Caesar's invitation, Cleopatra went to Rome with him. She stayed there until 44 B.C., when a group of Roman artixtocrats assassinated Caesar. After returning to Egypt, Cleopatra had killed her brother and so Caesar could reign with her.
She had also a relationship with Mark Antony. He invited her to Asia in 41 B.C. He was one of the rulers of Rome with Gaius Octavian (Augustus) and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. Cleopatra had met him, when she stayed in Rome with Julius Caesar. They bacame lovers and in 40 B.C. she gave birth to twins, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Seleno.
But because of political reasons he left her, and married Octavia, which was the sister of his co-ruler Octavin.
In 37 B.C. he adandoned Octavia and had again a relationship with Cleopatra.
They had another son, called Ptolemy Philadelphos.
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Ritner, Robert K. "Cleopatra." World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 10 Sept. 2010.
I have always been fascinated by Ancient Egyptian culture. It is so different from any culture that i have studied. The pyramids, mummification, and their religion are so unique. And in 7th grade, Ancient Egypt was probably my favorite thing to study in history.
ReplyDeleteI think what i find most interesting is Mummification. The Ancient Egyptians believed that the body needed to be preserved so the sould could recognize the body. Anubis, the god of mummification, gave these stepps to follow.
Step Number One: Removal of brain-They took a hook and stuck it up the nose of the Pharaoh
(or whoever was being mummified) to shake the brain out of place to remove it. Because
Egyptians didn’t know that the brain serves a very important purpose.
Step Number Two: Removal of the other organs- To remove these organs they would cut a tiny
slit on the left side of the body and removed the liver, stomach, lungs, and intestines. Each organ
had it’s own jar and in later times each jar was shaped into a god that would protect the organs.
-The intestines would go in the Qebehsenuef jar: the falcon-headed god.
-The stomach would go in the Duamutef jar: the jackal-headed god.
-The liver would go in the Imsety jar: the human-headed god.
-The lungs would go in the Hapy jar: the ape-headed god.
Step Number Three: Then they would allow all the fluid in the body be absorbed with Natron (a
type of salt to dry out the body) They would put this in and on the body for 40 days.
Step Number Four: Then they would put linen in the body to make his/her body seem normal
looking (rather than flat, because of course they did remove organs)
Step Number Five: They now would “paint” the body with Resin (plant extract) to keep it from
decay.
Step Number Six: Wrap the body in linen. Each finger, toe, arm, and leg, was wrap individually.
Step Number Seven: They would now place Amulet over the first layer of linen.
-Djed Pillar: was a symbol of stability and of the god of Osiris. Was placed in the neck area.
-Scarab: a bungle beetle which symbolized rebirth and rising and setting of the sun. This was placed on the upper abdomen.
-Heart Amulet: Was in the shape of a heart, placed on a mummy to protect his heart in the afterlife. Was placed over the heart.
-Udjat: An amulet of good health. Shaped like the eye of the falcon-god Horus. It was placed over the lower abdomen.
Step Number Eight: Wrap mummy in linen again.
Step Number Nine: Place the mummy mask over the mummy, placed the mummy in the mummy case, then finally in the sarcophagus.
Then to the “afterife.”
Eileen,
ReplyDeleteI liked your essay alot. I honestly don't know much about Cleopatra so i learned alot from your essay. Great job!
-Emily.
Emma,
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed your essay. I really never knew what exactly the Ancient Egypians believed. I knew they had different God's, but i can really bad with names sometimes. Hahaha. Again i enjoyed reading your eassay and great job.
-Emily;♥:)
It took me a while, and a few different articles to go through, but I finally chose what to write about for this week’s assignment. To write about the one and only woman Pharaoh of Egypt, Cleopatra. Cleopatra was a woman of great beauty, and she was and is still known for that beauty. Some scholars disagree with that fact of Cleopatra’s life, but as we all know, she, as a Pharaoh, had great authority over the Egyptians. Some believe that she had true beauty, but other believes that she made them think she was beautiful because they were afraid of the power that she possessed. All throughout Cleopatra’s life, she struggled with hardships and things throne at her from left to right. She lived from 69 BC to 30 BC, and throughout this span of time she ruled on the throne of Egypt with her Father as part rulers. After her father had died she married her brother, which was the custom of the dynasty, and they became part rulers. Her Brother, Ptolemy XIII, then kicked her off the throne. During this time that she had away from the throne, she began relations with a man named Julius Ceaser, and they became lovers. Julius was the ruler of Rome at this time and went to Egypt and concord her brother and put her back on the throne, they then had a child. Later on Julius was brutally murdered, and the only man that Cleopatra would remotely feel anything for was a man by the name of Actovius. Cleopatra and Actovius would have twins and other children. At the end of Cleopatra’s life, which she took herself, she poisoned herself by picking a venomous snake up to her neck and held it there until it bit her.
ReplyDeleteURL of my website: http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar118780&st=cleopatra
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Emily Lynn,
ReplyDeleteWooo!!! I love mummification!! haha My favorite step has got to be the removing of the brain and organs. haha But that's just me!! :) Great essay!!
Charity(:
I enjoyed your essay, but I must point out this one error. You labled Cleopatra as the "one and only woman Pharoh of Egypt" and that is not true, though that is not a well known fact. There were several women rulers, but the most famous was Cleopatra which has led many to believe she was the only female ruler. Another female ruler you may be familer with is Hatshepsut, or Maatkare. She ruled as a man, wearing mens clothing and even that fake beard thingy the Pharohs wore. Of course, she dissapeared from history quite suddenly and her son had all (or almost all) statues and mentions of her destroyed.
Cleopatra has always interested me. Many people argued if she was pretty but all of them said she was witty, charming, ambitious, ruthless and much more. She was part of a dynasty and co- ruled with her dad. After he died, her brother and her got married (which was very, very common) and ruled together. Cleopatra had a son with Caesar and then moved to Rome. After Caesar was killed, Cleopatra went back to Egypt and starting ruling again. She had her brother killed so her son could rule with her. Years later, Mark Antony and Cleopatra were married. He only wanted the throne in Egypt because he thought all the wealth could help him become the only ruler of Egypt and she wanted to keep control of Egypt so that it wouldn’t be under control of Rome. She had 3 kids by mark. Mark left Cleopatra for a while to a girl named Octavia then he came back. Octavia started a war between the two parties. Mark and Cleopatra lost the battle and fled that area. Octavia found them and tried to have them killed. The two got back to Egypt and Cleopatra spread a rumor that she was dead to get Octavia off her case. But that only backfired. Mark heard and tried to kill himself. He found out she was alive and then was carried to her. He breathed his last breaths in her arms. Cleopatra killed herself by putting a poisonous snake on her because she didn’t want to be humiliated. Her son by Caesar was killed because the people of Rome didn’t want to have him as king and then and there her dynasty had ended. Cleo’s is seen through the eyes of Octavia throughout history because that’s all there was.
ReplyDeleteRitner, Robert K. "Cleopatra." World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 10 Sept. 2010.
i have chose to do my report on cleopatra...
ReplyDeletecleopatra interests me very much. its kinda empowering to be the one and only female pharoah. some other things about her that might catch ones interest would be how when her father died her and her brother became co-rulers and they married. however marriage between brother and sister wasnt uncommon as a matter of fact it had been practiced many times by earlier rulers. cleopatra was known for her ruthlessness but at the ssame time she was very concerned in the welfare of her subjects, but for the matter of gaining their affection of she chose to be charming, whitty, and ambitious. in this she succeeded. she also was involved in romantic relations with julius caesar and mark antony... two of the greatest roman leaders of her day. over all cleopatra was a very independant, complex woman.
-in her relationship with mark anthony-
Antony wanted to rule Rome alone and hoped to obtain financial aid from Cleopatra. Antony and Cleopatra became lovers. In 40 B.C., Cleopatra gave birth to twins, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene. For political reasons, Antony left Cleopatra and married Octavia, the sister of his co-ruler Octavian
-in her relationship with julius caesar-
In 49 B.C., young Ptolemy's guardians seized power for him and drove Cleopatra from the throne. The next year, Julius Caesar arrived in Alexandria, Egypt's capital. He came in pursuit of Pompey, a Roman general and rival in Caesar's struggle to become the ruler of Rome. Caesar and Cleopatra met and became lovers.
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ReplyDeleteWhat interests me most about Egypt? I decided me to write about the capital of Egypt Cairo. In Cairo are living more people than any other city in Africa and the Middle East. The population is in the moment 7,786,640 million. That is two times bigger than Berlin, the biggest city of Germany. I think that is incredible. Cairo, the city is 83 square miles big (215 square kilometers ) on the east bank of the Nile River in northeastern Egypt. Cairo is a modern city and is not important in the old dynasties. The city now has an excellent underground rail network, many new bridges and overpasses, a fine international airport, reliable telephone and Internet access, and a revamped sewerage system. The nickname of the modern city is Masr, which is also the name for Egypt itself. Probably Cairo was found about 3000 B.C as ancient Egypt's first capital. Arab conquered Egypt in the time from A.D. 639 to 642.
Every year, millions of people come to see the mosques, museums, pyramids, Great Sphinx, and other attractions.
Our opinion is that Cairo was becoming the most important city in Africa or Middle East. Also it is important for the world civilizations.
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ReplyDeleteWhat interests me most about Egypt? I decided me to write about the capital of Egypt Cairo. In Cairo are living more people than any other city in Africa and the Middle East. The population is in the moment 7,786,640 million. That is two times bigger than Berlin, the biggest city of Germany. I think that is incredible. Cairo, the city is 83 square miles big (215 square kilometers ) on the east bank of the Nile River in northeastern Egypt. Cairo is a modern city and is not important in the old dynasties. The city now has an excellent underground rail network, many new bridges and overpasses, a fine international airport, reliable telephone and Internet access, and a revamped sewerage system. The nickname of the modern city is Masr, which is also the name for Egypt itself. Probably Cairo was found about 3000 B.C as ancient Egypt's first capital. Arab conquered Egypt in the time from A.D. 639 to 642.
Every year, millions of people come to see the mosques, museums, pyramids, Great Sphinx, and other attractions.
Our opinion is that Cairo was becoming the most important city in Africa or Middle East. Also it is important for the world civilizations.
what gets my attention when looking at egyptian historyis king tutankhamun or tut as many people know him as.in the 20th century acheologist howard carter discovered something very interesting.he discoved king tut's tomb.it was the first tomb to have all the teasures and body and everything in it was almost completly undamaged.it was the first ancient tomb to be opened.king tut became king at a very young age [9.he probaly had a lot of help from his minister of state ay.tut was the son of akhenaten and his sister.tutankhaten,king tut's orginal name, meaning the living image of aten or the life of aten is pleasing.akhenaten had made aten the only god in eygpt but many citizens rejected aten as god and worshipped amun.many historians believe that king tut died around 18.examinations of his mummy show he suffered from many ailents.these includefoot deformities,a broken leg,and cleft palate;a birth defect marked by a split in the roof of his mouth.ay became king after tut died.carter searched for tut's tomb for 6 years.
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ReplyDeleteoh yeah
ReplyDeleteLesko,Leonard H."Tutankhamun".World Book Student,2010.Web.10 Sept.2010
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I always been interested by gods and goddesses. So I’ m going to write about the Egyptians gods.
ReplyDeleteThe most famous god, I think, was Osiris. He was the chief god of the underworld.
After the pharaoh died, he became Osiris. Egyptian funeral practices later became more democratic, and every Egyptian expected to become an Osiris after death. He was the fertility god. He is generally shown as a bearded human mummy with green or black flesh. He holds a shepherd's crook and a whip and wears a conical white crown with ostrich feathers.
(http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar407160&st=egyptians+gods is the address where I find this information. The article was wrote by Robert K. Ritner, Ph.D., Professor of Egyptology, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.)you can see a picture of Osiris on this site :http://songsforpraise.com/Osiris_Isis.jpg
An other very none god is Seth. He was the god of chaos, storms, violence, darkness, and desert land. He was also a god of desert animals, serpents, pigs, hippopotamuses, and crocodiles. Most of the Egyptians were scared of this god. They thought he defended the god of the sun, Re. Egyptian kings attributed their ferocious warlike power to Seth. I think he most have been very bad. And I won t like to be an Egyptian at his time.
This was find on: http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar502940&st=egyptians+gods.
It was wrote by Robert K. Ritner, Ph.D., Professor of Egyptology, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.
I think those were the most important gods in Egypt. It’ s good to know who they are when you study Egyptian History.
I found this assignment especially hard because there is so much of their culture that captures my attention. The Egyptians are fascinating to me. I have always loved the mystery of their religion and architecture, so I decided to focus my thoughts on that area.
ReplyDeleteThe Egyptians considered the Pharaoh to be a god or son of a god. They also believed in the afterlife. Because of this, the Egyptians went to great lengths to preserve the bodies of the Pharaohs. They would take great care in mummifying the bodies and it doesn’t sound like it was an easy process; it took seventy days to fully mummify a single body. The first step was to remove the stomach, liver, lungs, etc. The heart was left inside of the body; the brain would sometimes (but not always) be removed. Dehydrating the body was an extremely important step. The body was covered with a powdery substance made out of salt, sodium carbonate, and sodium bicarbonate. Without this step, the bodies wouldn’t preserve. Next, the body would be treated with perfumes to seal out the moisture. The Egyptians would even stuff the body to make it look more lifelike. Finally, they were wrapped in a numerous amount of linens. The Egyptians would also mummify animals.
The mummies would be “buried” in a pyramid with all the possessions they thought were necessary in the afterlife. Gold, food, and mummified animals are just a few of the many things that would be stored in a mummy’s tomb. Unfortunately, thieves would break into the tombs and steal the gold and valuables that would have given us so much insight to the Egyptian culture. While we know bits and pieces of their lifestyle, I believe that there is so much more to them then what we currently know.
Lesko, Leonard H. "Pyramids." World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 10 Sept. 2010.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar453060&st=great+pyramid+at+giza
Teeter, Emily. "Mummy." World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 10 Sept. 2010.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar377480&st=egypt
If we talk about Egypt I think I’m going to write about the types of pottery in cultures in Predynastic Period , it’s the interested one. They contained Tasian Culture , The Badarian Culture,Amratian (Naqada I) Culture ,Gerzean (Naqada II) Culture and Naqada III Culture .we are going to start about the first culture that that began in Upper Egypt , Tasian Culture ;it was found at Der Tasa, a site on the east of the Nile between Asyut and Akhmim. The Tasian culture is notable for producing the earliest blacktop-ware, a type of red and brown pottery, which has been painted black on its top and interior.(I like these thing because I saw some pictures of them and It’s so neat and beautiful ) ,after that WMF Petrie established a system called Sequence Dating by which the relative date.
ReplyDeleteThe second that we are going to talk about The Badarian Culture,about 4400 to 4000 BC, is located near Der Tasa. It like followed the Tasian culture, but similarities not too differentiate between them at all. The Badarian Culture continued to produce the same kind of pottery called Blacktop-ware (although its quality was much improved ) and was assigned the Sequence Dating numbers between 21 and 29.And The significant difference. However, there is little difference between Tasian and Badarian pottery , Badarian sites use copper in addition to stone and, while the Tasian sites remain Neolithic and are because the technically part of the Stone Age.And The last three cultures ,there are Amratian (Naqada I) Culture ,Gerzean (Naqada II) Culture and Naqada III Culture I am going to talk about these things together because they’re not much different between them at all . In these culture a type of pottery which has been decorated with close parallel white lines being crossed by another set of close parallel white lines. The Amratian period falls between S.D. 30 and 39 in Petrie's Sequence Dating system.
Anyways , a type of pottery that I like most is in the Tasian Culture because it like the beginning of all types of pottery and it is so neat and difficult to made that so I thought that in Tasian Culture ,They may took a really long tome to find the way or how to make it and it's awesome !
from :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predynastic_Egypt
My essay about something in Egypt’s history that interests me is about the pyramids. The first Egyptian king that built the fist pyramids was named King Zoser. The pyramids were amazing tombs for the rich in Egyptian culture. The Pharaohs of course would be buried in a pyramid, but the difference is the paths in the pyramids would be booby trapped. Thee Pharaoh’s would be mummified and buried with food, his/her family, servants, and anything else they would need in their afterlife. They were built by thousands of slaves and would take decades to finish, the Jewish people were thought to be some of the slaves to help build these masterpieces. One thing you might not have known is some people think that the shape of the pyramid had a religious background. The shape was supposed to resemble the sun rays and the slanted designs were made for the Egyptians kings could run up and meet the gods in the afterlife. The ten Egyptian pyramids of Giza have three of the largest and most beautiful Egyptian pyramids. A giant statue of a sphinx was a tomb for a Egyptian king, but the unusual thing most kings were buried in pyramids not statues.
ReplyDeleteI have never really been too interested about Egyptians, but for the sake of this homework assignment I will write about pretty much the only thing I’m interested in about the Egyptians except the pyramids and the Sphinx. Of course you probably guessed right I’m going to write about King Tut. King Tut ruled Egypt from around 1332 BC till about 1322 BC. On the contrary to what you would probably think he reign was actually very unimportant. Interests in King Tut only arose when his tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1992. His tomb had not been opened since ancient times and is the only tomb that we have discovered that has been almost completely undamaged. Among some of the items found in his tomb were: chests, thrones, beds, linens, clothing, necklaces, bracelets, rings, and earrings.
ReplyDeleteKing Tut became king at about the age of 9, and most likely received a lot of help from Ay his vizer. He was the son of king Akhenaten and his sister (creeper dude married and had kids with his own sister!!!! O_o) However king Tut’s rule was short lived lasting only around 9 years when he expectedly dies at the age of 18.
Lesko, Leonard H. "Tutankhamun." World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 11 Sept. 2010.
What really interests me about Ancient Egypt is their invention of the clock! When the Sumerian culture didn't pass on their knowledge to the Egyptians, they decided to formally separate the times of day (similar to our hours).
ReplyDeleteThey designed two different types of clocks: the sun clock and the water clock.
The sun clock started out as a huge obelisk, or monument that cast a shadow, determining whether the time of day was before or after noon. The longest and shortest day of the year was also noticed from this clock by the Egyptians.
The water clock was a stone vessel with sloping sides that allowed water to drip at a nearly constant rate from a small hole near the bottom. The transitioning level of water dripping against the vessel indicated the passage of each hour. These clocks were mainly used to determine the hours of night.
Later, the sun clock evolved into the sun dial; while the water clock was made different ways and more complexly. But since the rate of flow of water is very difficult to control accurately, a clock based on that flow is pretty silly. From that, people were led to other clock making approaches.
SUN CLOCK: http://www.nist.gov/physlab/general/time/images/shadow_1.gif
WATER CLOCK:
http://www.nist.gov/physlab/general/time/images/man_water_1.gif
http://worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar593880&st=egyptian+clock
Annam, I liked your report on Cleopatra. What strikes me the most about your article is how much death and destruction there is because of the desire to have power. Unfortunately, it was common in many ancient civilizations and has continued to be in many present-day countries. This desire to rule and conquer has been the driving force for great ruin. However, this was the system that many governments operated on. I think that it would be great when greed and power don’t rule the world anymore.
ReplyDeleteLauren33, I really liked your report. It is intriguing to me how these ancient civilizations were so advanced. I think it is a pity that the Sumerians were obviously so busy inventing that they didn’t take the time to pass down their inventions. So their culture got lost and the Egyptians had to reinvent the same technological advances again. They were great inventers but poor communicators. It should remind us that we should always be conscientious and think of future generations.
ReplyDeleteEileen, your essay was very good. I had no idea just how crazy life was for Cleopatra. Her life was a lot like a soap opera. only better. once again you had a really good essay and I learned a lot. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteAbbie, you had a very good essay. I too am very interested in the religious views of the Egyptians. If I had not done my essay on King Tut I would have done it on the religion. I really liked you essay and would like to tell you to keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteAlexandria Grace, you also had a very good essay. I think that it is really cool how the ancient Egyptians played games similar to the ones that we play today. The fact that they played games also shows just how advanced their civilization really was because if you were trying to survive games would be the last thing on your mind. It as a good essay and keep up the good work.
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ReplyDeleteGood job on your essay!! It was very informative. The religion is very interesting. I knew that they had a bunch of gods but I didn’t know that each city had their own much like the Greeks. I find it interesting that they would picture their gods in a human form but with a head of an animal. Also it is very hilarious that the priests would bring food to a statute and even dress it up to please it!!
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ReplyDeleteYou chose a really great tropic. I really enjoyed reading your essay about the Ancient Egyptian culture
I really like to read your Essay and I agree with all. I have the same opinion that probably the Mummification is the most interesting invention from the Egyptians. I learned a lot from your essay, it was very informative. I have always been fascinated about the Mummification. That was very smart from the Pharaohs’. You have explained very well the Mummification. I did not at all that the mummification contains so many steps. That was a long work.
Great job. Emily Lynn
Dear annam ,
My second commentary is about a essay from annam. You also had a very good essay and I really enjoyed reading your essay about Cleopatra. I heard a lot before about Cleopatra because I think she is very important in all history books and classes. Great job
Camden,
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job, very well written and informative. I learned new stuff about King Tut. Such as, I had no clue that he had a foot deformity or cleft palate. So once again Good Job Camden. You also keep up the great work!!
Emma.Delaine,
ReplyDeleteYour report was also very informative. I liked reading about all the egyptian religions. It interests me too. Good Job
Paco, I liked your essay. I never knew that King Tut became king at age nine. That’s pretty wild. That would be like my little sister as the president. I wonder how the Egyptians felt about having such a young Pharaoh. Ewwwww. He married his sister? Nasty.
ReplyDeleteAnnam, Cleopatra seemed to live a tough life. Her relationship with Mark reminds me of Romeo and Juliet and I never knew she had a child with Caesar. I wish I could’ve known what motivated her to make certain decisions.
Eileen, I liked your essay. I never knew Cleopatra had twins and I never knew she killed her brother. Like I said before, I wonder what her motive was. Was the desire for power what drove her to kill her brother or was she just evil? I wonder if murder made sense in her mind or if she even felt the slightest bit of guilt over what happened.
Alexandria Grace, I really enjoyed the information you shared on Egypt. We don't realize how dependent the Egyptians were on the Nile River. They actually had a Nilometer that measured accurately the height of the river so they could increase taxes. A high flood may have meant more arable land the next harvest so increased taxes! It's amazing to think of a civilization that would last 2,000 years. I like the thought of Egyptians playing board games. It makes them seem like we have more in common.
ReplyDeleteCamden, thank you for your report on King Tut. I think people are more familiar with King Tut because of the exhibits in museums and that his grave had so many artifacts. People don't realize that back in Pharaoh's times grave robbers were selling books in the market that showed people how to get into the tombs in order to steal treasures. That's why so many of the tombs have been empty. In Queen Victoria's time there as a lot of inbreeding amongst royalty, which caused problems for the Czar of Russia and his family. You would have thought we should have learned from the history of Egypt by that time.
Camden,
ReplyDeleteYou did a really good job on your Essay! I think King Tut. is very interesting. He was so young when he became king! He must have been very courageous. And it' s very sad that he died so young too! It must have been very hard to make Egypt still going when you are the only one that have to take almost all decisions.
GaGalicious,
ReplyDeleteYou did a really good job on your essay! I think pyramids are really interesting. I like them so much! They are so beautiful, and they show the powerful kingdom that was Egypt.I didn' t know the story of the Pharaoh meeting the gods by the pyramid. The fact that the Pharaoh was buried with everything that belong to him is very scary. I won't like to be with a dead body for the rest of my life!
C*S...3 you did a really good job on your essay about cleopatra.i really enjoyed reading it and found it very informative.it had some information that i havent seen or heard before.for example i didn't know that she was seventh egyptian queen with that name.i also didn't know that the romans killed her son after she died cause they didn't want him to claim the throme for himself or that marked the end of the dynasty.
ReplyDeleteAlexandria Grace i thought your essay was very interesting.most things you mentioned i have heard before but some i havent and it caught my attention.the egyptians were really advanced for there tome peroid.it just blows my mind that the ancient egyptians came up with the first national governtment and our 365 day calendar.the part that interested me was the part about the egyptians had board games like ours today.cause when people think of ancient egypt people ussally dont think about the games the had.
ReplyDeleteDear Charity :)
ReplyDeleteI liked your essay really much! You also chose Cleopatra, and you wrote about things I did not in my essay. So by reading yours I learned something new about this fantastic and special woman.
I liked the way you discribed her life, with details and special infomation.
Great job!
Dear Stella :)
ReplyDeleteyour essay was really good, and I enjoyed reading it.
I honestly have never heard about those two kings and so I learned a lot by reading about them.
You wrote a lot about what King Medes did after he conquered the upper Egypt, that is really interessting.
And you also wrote about what happened after king Medes conquered this new area and which consequences this had for the centuries after this.
So good job and keep up your work!
Elizabeth, thank you for pointing out that there were more woman rulers, truly I didn’t know. Maybe I should pay more attention in class lol(: But I haven’t heard of Hatshepsut, or Maatkare, but this woman sounds really interesting. I would lovee to look her up and study her some more. She actually would have been a more exciting character to write about on this essay.
ReplyDeleteJerome, I rather enjoyed your essay very much. It was short, sweet, and to the point. I liked it. The thing that stood out to me the most was the part when you said, “The population is in the moment 7,786,640 million.” That’s crazy wackk! Mann I couldn’t believe living in a city with THAT many people.
Emily Lynn(: Your essay was really good, I loved seeing the different steps of the mummification, something that I didn’t know before. Mummification, as gross as it sounds, is pretty kool. & I loved your take on it.
i have chose to do my report on cleopatra...
ReplyDeletecleopatra interests me very much. its kinda empowering to be the one and only female pharoah. some other things about her that might catch ones interest would be how when her father died her and her brother became co-rulers and they married. however marriage between brother and sister wasnt uncommon as a matter of fact it had been practiced many times by earlier rulers. cleopatra was known for her ruthlessness but at the ssame time she was very concered in the welfare of her subjects, but for the matter of gaining their affection of she chose to be charming, whitty, and ambitious. in this she succeeded. she also was involved in romantic relations with julius caesar and mark antony... two of the greatest roman leaders of her day. over all cleopatra was a very independant, complex woman.
-in her relationship with mark anthony-
Antony wanted to rule Rome alone and hoped to obtain financial aid from Cleopatra. Antony and Cleopatra became lovers. In 40 B.C., Cleopatra gave birth to twins, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene. For political reasons, Antony left Cleopatra and married Octavia, the sister of his co-ruler Octavian
-in her relationship with julius caesar-
In 49 B.C., young Ptolemy's guardians seized power for him and drove Cleopatra from the throne. The next year, Julius Caesar arrived in Alexandria, Egypt's capital. He came in pursuit of Pompey, a Roman general and rival in Caesar's struggle to become the ruler of Rome. Caesar and Cleopatra met and became lovers.
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alex,
ReplyDeleteafter reading your essay i have come to realize that i was very unaware of egypts history i had no clue about the big contribution that the nile river had in egypt. and the thing that got me the most was when i read about the board games! i never knew any of it but like this lil fact really amuzed me, but of course im easily facinated so i really enjoyed reading your essay. well anyways good job :)
dearest lauren,
ReplyDeletei must say your essay grabbed my attention. i had never really put much thought into where clocks came from until now. its a facinating thing that even back then the intellegance levels were well above average. i guess we owe a lot to those people. when you think about it time is a very precious thing. however, in my personal opinion today we put time into a totally different class its been turned into a math lesson but in reality time is a much more precious thing. time is that in which we live, time and God together allow us to live, love, and learn to appriciate that which we can not change. Good job :)
I decided to do my report on Cleopatra she was a queen of ancient Egypt.Through the years she optained a reputation of beauty, but the scolars disagree about her appearance. They did agree however that she was itelligent ,charming,witty, and ambitous.Although at times Cleapatra was heartless. But she did take great interest in the people their welfare and won their affection.Cleopatra belonged to the dynasty (series of rulers in the same family). She is also known as Cleaopatra VII because she was the seventh Egyptian queen of Macedonian descent with that name. Cleopatra became a co-ruler with her father, Ptolemy XII. Following his death in 51 B.C. Cleopatra and her ten year old brother, Ptolemy XIII, became co-rulers and married. Earlier rulers in the Ptolemaic dynasty had adopted the practice of marrige between brothers and sisters. Ceaser defeated Cleopatra's opponents. Afterwords Ceaser put Cleopatra back on the throne along with another brother, Ptolemy XIV. In 47 B.C. Cleopatra gave birth to a baby boy. Later on Cleopatra spread a report that she had committed suicide. Antony the current man in love with her heard the report and stabbed himself out of grief. Before he died, Antony learned that Cleopatra was alive. His followers carried him to her, and he died in her arms.
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ReplyDeleteGreat essay! I learned a lot about Cleopatra from it. I had no idea that she had a fling with Ceasar, and that she married her own brother! Gross!! (Mr. Akers this reminds me of something ;) just kidding Akers it’s just for the sake of the play so I’ll put up with it lol). Anyway I find interesting that she killed Ptolemy XIV to allow Caesarion to rule. What a selfish mother!!
Emily Lynn I agree compleatly with you i think Mummification is very interesting! I think step one removal of the brain is very groose but very cool all at the same time haha is very i guess you could say clever on how they removed parts from peoples bodies. I belive these people had to be very smart to be able to figure out how to remove so much of the human bodie with out compleately destroying it. Like when they remove the liver, stomach, lungs, and intestins. All in all your essay was very cool and very detailed. Good job!
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ReplyDeleteI am interested in your essay because it kind of special that you wrote about two different kinds of clocks and I could know that how was the Egyptians know about the time like, the sun clock they watched the shadow of the light I and it made them know the time that amazing and about the water clock that they could know the time by the water mark the on the stone, that is interested. Good job!
GaGalicious ,
I really like your essay about pyramids. Because I heard a lot about pyramids like Pharaohs and Giza but I totally want to know about the truth or something that could tell me how the pyramids established and your essay gave a very good details to me so I like it too ,Great job !
Emma Delaine i like how you did your report on Egypt's religion. I however had no clue that each and every city had a specific 'god' that they worshiped along with their main god. I belive its sad that they had so many false gods. I find it very sad that they had such strong beliefe in all of their false gods that they never took the time to stop and think that their had to be some one amazing god to create all they had the world/them. I just think its very sad that some of them died not knowing and had no chances. All in all your essay was very good!
ReplyDeleteI have always love the culture of ancient Egypt. It is so fascinating and there were just so ahead of there time. James Henry lived seventy years and in that time he was an American archaeologist and an Egyptologist. He was one of the authorities on Ancient and to the east. He got money for the project from John D. Rockefeller jr. Egypt is a middle eastern country in the north east corner of Egypt. Egypt is Africa's third largest country in population. Only Nigeria and Ethiopia have more people. Now on to ancient Egypt. Ancient Egypt is the birthplace of one of the worls first civilizations. This advanced culture arose long ago in the Nile river valley. The great Nile river was the lifeblood of ancient Egypt, every year it would over flow and make the soil fertile again. The ancient Egyptians greatly contributed to the growth of later civilizations, the made the first government, forms of math, and 365 day calender. Ancient Egypt was a long, narrow country, through which the Nile river flowed. The ancient Egyptians also made mummification a way of keeping a body fresh by enclosing it in a special wrapping and stuffing the body.That next to the pyramid is in my opinion the greatest thing they made. So that just about wraps up my essay.
ReplyDeleteEmily Lynn,
ReplyDeleteYour essay was amazing, I really enjoyed reading it. You did very well with describing the mummification process. I think it is very cool how they took there organs out and there brain. You really did a great job to describe that process. All together I really enjoyed your essay and you did great. Good job!
Lauren33,
ReplyDeleteI really liked your essay, I can tell you really put a lot of thought into it. What you wrote about the clocks they made was very interesting.Like the water clock how it would leave a mark on the stone, and the sun clock that left a shadow. That's just amazing how they could figure all that out that long ago. But altogether that was just a great essay, and I really enjoyed it. Great job!
http://worldbook.com-ancient Egypt
ReplyDeleteEgypt was one of the worlds first civilizations. It began in the Nile River Valley in northeastern Africa about 5,000 years ago. It eventually became one of the longest lasting civilizations.
ReplyDeleteThe Nile River was pretty important to the Egyptians or as it said on the website, ".. the likeblood of ancient Egypt." It would overflow every year causing rich soil along the banks of the river. Because of this dark rich soil, the Egyptians called their land Kemet, Kemet means black land. The Nile was the Egyptians main transportation way.
The Egyptians had a big part in the development civilizations. They had the worlds first national government. They also created basic arithmetic and a calendar of 365 days. The reason we know so much about them is because of their hieroglyphics. THey also had paprys wich they could write on. Paprys was a plant and they made a paperlike material from the stems. One of the first religious came from them which emphasized life after death. They built cities, great cities. The architecture is amazing and back then it was even better. Now the architecture is somewhat deformed, sadly. But you can still see the greatness of it all. It's just amazing how they built that stuff. The pyramids are pretty great. Those pyramids weren't just built for them to look at and be pretty, they served as tombs for their rulers. Giza is the location of the most famous pyramids. They have been preserved for about 4,500 years because of the dry climate.
Now after a little history about Egypt, I will get to what I liked most about ancient Egypt. The architecture is what I found most interesting. It just fascinates me how they could build the pyramids and statues and various other things back then with what little tools they had.
I guess the reason I like the architecture the most is because I like to build things myself. I like to think of new things and figure out how things work and how to make things work better. So thinking about how the ancient egyptians built all that they did just amazes me.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar175060&st=ancient+egypt
Ancient Egypt.
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Stella
ReplyDeleteI never knew that king medes was so power hungry. There is no room in this world to be power hungry because all its leads to is destruction. Power is a privilege given to you so people shouldn’t want to abuse it. It just amazes me what would make a person do that. But I guess if you want something that bad you will got after it. King medes just seemed so..idk different when I first read about him.
Emily lynn
I love the mummification process to. I first heard about it and learned about it intensliy when I was in middle school. It still amazes me to this day that they could so that to a body. When I was in middle school, people would say things like eww that’s gross. That just broke there nose. But I always thought it was kinda funny. But I didn’t know that they put all that jewelry on them because they thought I ment something important.
Emily,
ReplyDeleteYou’re essay was very good. You wrote a lot about her relationships rather than her reign of being the queen of Egypt. Not many people recognize personal lives of Kings and queens, normally their accomplishments are what people notice most. I didn’t realize that she had killed herself because of this reason. That’s very sad, but anyways nice job, Emily.
Solis,
I also find the life of Tutankhamun interesting especially the fact that he was the ruler of Egypt as such a young age and also died very young. As you said, it’s very cool that his tomb was found and everything in it was almost completely undamaged over so much time. Awesome job on your essay, it was very informative and I enjoyed reading it.
Nang,
I had never even thought about that part of the Egyptian culture! I guess that would be considered kind of like their art. I learned quite a bit from your essay and you had a very original idea. I don’t think anyone else wrote about that. nice job.