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Senet. Robin Burke GAM 206. Outline. Quizzes Egypt, continued Senet. Analysis Paper. due today. Social Organization. Court royal family multiple wives / concubines advisors / ministers Priesthood mostly hereditary secluded in temples and religious cities embalmers Commoners

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  1. Senet Robin Burke GAM 206

  2. Outline • Quizzes • Egypt, continued • Senet

  3. Analysis Paper • due today

  4. Social Organization • Court • royal family • multiple wives / concubines • advisors / ministers • Priesthood • mostly hereditary • secluded in temples and religious cities • embalmers • Commoners • farmers • artisans • Slaves • usually foreigners captured in battle • could hold important jobs

  5. Egyptian Technology • Egyptians were great builders of stone and brick • pyramids • temples • wood was rare and very precious • Egyptians had very advanced medicine • much admired and copied by the Greeks • Egyptians developed mathematics • especially geometry and surveying • Erotosthenes (276-194 BCE) measured the circumferences of the earth

  6. Egyptian Religion • Religion was very concrete • Images of the gods were the gods • They had to be fed, robed, sung to, praised, and otherwise cared for • Gods expected perfection • Religion was not particularly public • There were regular public rituals • Temples were built to exclude common people • especially from the innermost holy places • Many of the rituals were secret knowledge • severe penalties for disclosure

  7. Gods • Amun-Ra • national god of Egypt • identified with the pharaoh • sun god • bringer of life, creator • Osiris • order and virtue • killed by Seth and resurrected • god of the dead • Isis • wife and sister (!) of Osiris • Horus • son of Osiris after his rebirth • represented as a falcon • Seth • god of evil and disorder

  8. Afterlife • Egyptian beliefs very influential • some argue Christian views derive from them • After death • join with the Amun-Ra when setting • travel through the underworld • soul would be judged • passing through 12 "houses" • reward • eternal life • rising with the sun god

  9. Groups • Group 5 • Hoffman,Bryan M  • Kelly,Donnell D  • Kostelnik,Anthony J  • Lazar,Matthew D  • Group 6 • Cao,Shengnan   • Keiser,Steven DC  • Koller,Kenneth R  • Kolodziejski,Kamil   • Group 7 • Allen,John M  • Alongi,Anthony J  • Bodenburg, Sklyer • Guida,Nicholas T  • Group 1 • Baio,Brian A  • Saulsberry,Daniel S  • Shusterich,Jeffrey J  • Stull,R. Alexander  • Group 2 • Rady,Brad W  • Shilander,David Leo  • Smythe,Geoffrey R  • Wiemeyer,Ryan J  • Group 3 • McNulty,Joseph  • Patterson, George • Rothrock, Drew • Salzman,Christopher M  • Group 4 • Hsiao,Matt C  • Libman,Jeffrey R  • Lubinski,Tommy Stanley  • Mammana Lupo,Anthony 

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