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Ancient Egypt Culture

Ancient Egypt Culture. Notes 3- Unit 3. Writing. See Link: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/egypttutor/. Writing was called Hieroglyphics. Different letters combine to make the stories We couldn’t read hieroglyphics until the Rosetta Stone Discovery.

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Ancient Egypt Culture

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  1. Ancient Egypt Culture Notes 3- Unit 3

  2. Writing • See Link: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/egypttutor/

  3. Writing was called Hieroglyphics Different letters combine to make the stories We couldn’t read hieroglyphics until the Rosetta Stone Discovery

  4. People depended on the Nile to live It provided food (fish) It flooded once a year to help fertilize the land The Nile

  5. Ancient Egyptians believed that after death a judge would ask them three questions before admitting them to eternal life. They would have to swear that they had not murdered, robbed, or built a dam during their time on earth. After Life

  6. Jobs • most of Egypt’s adult population spent some time farming • Scribes measured the harvest and recorded it on their tablets. A surveyor measured the field with a measuring rope in order to calculate the quantity of grain owed as taxes

  7. Cats • The cat in ancient Egypt, or miw (to see), was a sacred and respected beast. • if a human killed a feline, either intentionally or unintentionally, that human was sentenced to death.

  8. Gods and Goddesses

  9. Amen (Amon):   • He is known as Lord of Creation and Protector of the Poor and Weak. His name means “The Hidden One.” He is considered the father of all gods; thus he does not have a mother or father but is husband to. Egyptians represent him in art and statue as man or the sun.

  10. Bastet: •  The Egyptian cat-headed goddess, Bastet was strictly a solar deity until the arrival of Greek influence on Egyptian society, when she became a lunar goddess due to the Greeks associating her with their Artemis. the title of an "avenger" god who is sent out specifically to lay waste to the enemies of Egypt and her gods..

  11. Horus (Heru, Haroeris, Harpocrates): • Horus is the son of Isis and Osiris. When Osiris was killed by Set, Horus set out to avenge him. He is the god of the living and lord of the heavens. His name means “He who is above.” Horus is represented as a falcon or hawk-headed deity because of his status as god of the sky and horizon.

  12. Osiris • Osiris symbolized in his death the yearly drought and in his miraculous rebirth the periodic flooding of the Nile and the growth of grain. He was a god-king who was believed to have given Egypt civilization.

  13. Ra (Re): • Another deity represented in human form with the head of a falcon, like Horus. Ra, like Amen, is also thought to be a god of creation. Ra is also known as the father of kings and the most important gods. Followers of Ra believe that life on earth was created from the tears of Ra as he wept at the beauty of mankind and his creation. He is considered a living god during the day and a dead one at night. He is born at dawn as a small child, an adult in prime at midday and an old man at sunset. He dies at dark and is reborn again at next dawn.

  14. Seth: •  Seth was the god of wind and storms and ruler of the deserts. He is seen as the one who brings chaos to Egypt and is the enemy of Osiris and Horus..

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