Egyptian Comprehension
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ANCIENT EGYPT WAS GOVERNED BY OME RULING FAMILY AFTER THE OTHER.
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DETAIL 1- CHAPTER 2
THE PHARAOH AND HIS FAMILY WERE AT THE TOP LEVEL OF SOCIETY.
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DETAIL 2- CHAPTER 2
THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE UPPER CLASS WERE PRIESTS, NOBELS, AND DOCTORS.
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SCRIBES HAD A SPECIAL PLACE OF HONOR. EVERY FAMILY HOPED TO HAVE A SON THAT WOULD BECOME A SCRIBE.
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PHARAOHS COULD KEEP SEVERAL WIVES, BUT ONE WIFE WAS CUSTOMARY FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
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WOMEN IN EGYPT HAD MORE RIGHTS THAN WOMAN IN MANY CULTURES TODAY.
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DETAIL 3- CHAPTER 5
IN MARSHY AREAS, THEY THEY SHOT DUCKS AND GEESE WITH BOWS AND ARROWS.
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DETAIL 1- CHAPTER 6
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS DIVIDED THE YEAR INTO THREE SEASONS OF FOUR MONTHS EACH.
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DETAIL 2- CHAPTER 6
THE NEW YEAR BEFAN WITH THE FLOODING OF THE NILE.
CHAPTER 7- ANIMAL LIFE
- ANCIENT Egypt swarmed with animals that no longer live here.
- Many animals were drawn in hieroglyphic symbols, and some were honored as gods.
- Lions wandered in from the dessert for water.
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CHAPTER 8- HIEROGLYPHS
- Some hieroglyphs represented an object.
- Egyptians were writing with picture symbols called hieroglyphs as early as 3000 b.c.
- Some hieroglyphic symbols homophones, words that sound alike but have different meanings.
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CHAPTER 9- LIFE EVERLASTING
- Egyptians believed that the dead would enjoy all their earthly comforts in the afterlife.
- Most people in the age of 110 didn't live past their thirties.
- The Egyptians believed that the jackal- headed god Anubis escorted each soul into the afterlife.
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CHAPTER 10- MUMMIES
- After death, the body was made into a mummy to keep it from decaying.
- Mummification could take as long as seventy days.
- The body was wrapped round and round with white linen strips.
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CHAPTER 11- PYRAMIDS
- To make sure they would have eternal life, pharaohs built fabulous tombs for themselves.
- The earliest pharaohs built tombs called mastabas- low, flat- topped, mud- brick structures with slanting sides.
- Khufu built the largest pyramid called the great pyramid, around 2600 b.c.
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CHAPTER 12- HOW DID THEY BUILD THE PYRAMIDS?
- The ancient Egyptians left only a few clues about how they built the pyramids.
- The Greek historian Herodotus says that 100,000 men worked on the Great Pyramid in three- month shifts.
- The blocks were probably put on runners, like sleds, and hauled up wooden or stone ramps.
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CHAPTER 13- KINGDOMS UNITE AND DIVIDE.
- The history of ancient Egypt may be divided into three major periods.
- In time, the pharaohś power weekened, and Egypt once again broke into separate districts.
- During this time, construction began on the temple of Amon at Karnak.
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CHAPTER 14- THE NEW KINGDOM: CONQUESTS AND CONSTRUCTION.
- To show off their power, New Kingdom pharaohs built huge temples, monuments, and statues of themselves.
- For their tombs, New Kingdom rulers built huge necropolises, or cities of the dead.
- So far, about sixty tombs have been found in the valley of the kings-- only a fraction of those waiting to be discovered.
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