PPT-Ancient Egyptian Dwellings

By Brenna Fulop UCSF 12414 Most Dwellings Most of the ancient Egyptian dwellings were mud and straw bricks They had two to three layers of bricks They used to make huts of Papyrus reeds plants that grew in marshes along the Nile but they switched to mud bricks Wood is very scarce in Egypt so it isnt used for building homes They get the mud from the Niles annual flooding The bricks would eventually crumble so the more wealthy used stone instead The houses all excepting a few had flat roofs. Egyptians were polytheistic. . Common gods:. . Ptah. – creator of the world. Anubis . – god of the dead. . Re. – sun god. . Osiris . – god of the underworld. . Isis . – goddess of magic. By around 3000 B.C., Egyptians began to use a form of writing called . . Hieroglyphs. It comes from the Greek “. hieros. ” meaning . sacred . and “. glyphe. ” meaning carving. The development of hieroglyphics first began as simple . World History. Libertyville High School. Non-Egyptian East Africa: . Nubia. Area between First through Fifth cataracts of Nile. Conquered by Egypt around 2000 BC. Served as major trading center between Egypt, African societies. Gods and Goddesses. By Sana Shigri. Isis . Isis was the Egyptian goddess of the moon, love, magic & fertility, she had wings, wore a sun disk and one pair of cow horns. She also wore a crown similar to a throne, she was associated with thrones because her lap was the first `throne` Horus sat on. She was the daughter of Nut and Geb and had three siblings called Osiris, Seth and Nephthys, she married Osiris and had a son who . People remember Egyptians for their cultural achievements:. Art. Writing. Architecture. Achievements. Inventions Page 1. Egyptian Calendar. The . Ancient Egyptians created the first known 365-day Calendar. They created it in order to mark the passage of years and to record special or significant events.. Wal’a. . alzahrani. 201002140. History Periods Of Egypt. The Architectural Style And The Most Famous Building & Architects Of That Time.. Interiors & The Major Characteristic Of The Interior Design. What do you think is written here?. The . R. osetta stone. Task: . Create your own hieroglyphic alphabet. . Then write a message in your new alphabet.. Then have one of your peers decode your message.. Egyptian Pyramids. Pyramids of Giza. Egyptian Pyramids. How were the pyramids built?. Who built the pyramids?. Egyptian Pyramids. Did slaves build the great pyramid at Giza?. Did aliens build the great pyramid at Giza?. Ancient Egyptian civilization. Developed gradually from 5,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE along the Nile. There were two independent . Egypts. : Upper and Lower Egypt. Egyptian history is said to begin when Upper and Lower Egypt were united by . by Susan Mosley. In ancient Egyptian times, gods were extremely important. in making the country run properly so the Egyptians . w. orshipped gods for just about everything- flooding, health, love, having babies, the sun, the sky and so on.. AND. BY TAMARA. Ancient Egyptian Food. Vegetables . that were grown included; Radishes, coriander, cabbages, endive, watermelons, cucumbers, cabbage, beans and melons were very common and widely grown. Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton College. Why did Ancient Egyptian civilization develop where it did?. Presence of the Nile. Nile is only trans-Saharan . river. Seasonal rainfall in high areas of East Africa plus topography that directs water west and north. in making the country run properly so the Egyptians . w. orshipped gods for just about everything- flooding, health, love, having babies, the sun, the sky and so on.. There were over 2000 gods- that’s a lot more than all of the gods in all of the different religions that exist nowadays! The gods were male, or female (goddesses) and were often shown as having the body of a human and the head of an animal or bird. . Vocabulary. 1. . Fertile Crescent.  – the boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East that was home to some of the earliest human civilizations. Also known as the “Cradle of Civilization,”. 2. .