Ruled Egypt but was killed by his jealous brother Set His brother cut Osiris into pieces and sprinkled them throughout Egypt He was saved by his wife Isis Ruled the underworld and was the god of the Nile River ID: 728269
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Egyptian CivilizationSlide2
The Story of Osiris
Ruled Egypt, but was killed by his jealous brother
Set
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His brother cut Osiris into pieces and sprinkled them throughout Egypt.He was saved by his wife Isis.Ruled the underworld and was the god of the Nile River. Slide3
Horus
Took revenge on his uncle Set, killing himSlide4
Osiris and Isis are present in the afterlife of the Egyptians’ quests for eternal life.Slide5
Amon-re
The Egyptian Sun God (Rah)Slide6
Eternal Life
Osiris would weigh one’s heart vs. the feather of truth.Slide7
Mummification
The process of preserving the dead.Slide8
Valley of the KingsSlide9Slide10Slide11
Akhenaton
Married to Nefertiti
Forced people to worship one God, Aton. Slide12
Farming
Men and women spent their day working the soil and repairing dams for irrigation.
Men cut down the fields and twist rope in the evening.Slide13
Women’s Rights
Could inherit Property
Enter business deals
Buy/ sell goods
Go to courtObtain a divorceSlide14
Terms
Demotic- a simpler form of writing.
Papyrus-
paperlike
material Slide15
The Rosetta Stone
Discovered in the 1800’s.
Could translate hieroglyphics into common languagesSlide16
Medicine
Diagnosed illness
Found cures, medicines
Complex SurgerySlide17
Astronomy
Mapped constellations365- Day CalendarSlide18
Mathematics
Advances in GeometrySlide19
Tale of Sinhue
The story of an Egyptian official who becomes a nomad.Slide20
King Tutankhamun
Create a character chart of King Tut. Include in the chart facts about his life, his family, his accomplishments, his death, his burial, and any personal characteristics that you can assume based on the reading.