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The ancient Egyptians used cubits palms and digits to measure length A cubit is the length from your elbow to the tips of your fingers A palm is the width of your hand A digit is the width of your finger 1 What unit of measure do you think an Egyp. g executor or administrator Printed Name Egypt. The people of ancient Egypt did not have scientific explanations for natural phenomena. . They believed sunshine . and . the great Nile River . were . gifts from their . many . gods. The beliefs . Art History Lesson. Grade: 5. Activity: . Name and symbol cartouche. Keywords: . Cartouche and Symbolism. Art History Lesson. :. Ancient Egyptian Art. Religion was a major influence on ancient Egyptian art. During the early part of the old kingdom the . 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. Chapter 3.3 . Egyptian gods and goddesses. Early in Egyptian history towns and villages had their own patron gods and goddesses, who they believed protected them. . Early Egyptian gods were often depicted as people, with human bodies, but with the heads of animals. . 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.. Men had many roles in Egyptian society. Boys would leave school at 14 to work with their fathers . women. Women took care of their home. Some women worked outside the home as priestesses, administrators, and artisans. 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. Egypt. The people of ancient Egypt did not have scientific explanations for natural phenomena. . They believed sunshine . and . the great Nile River . were . gifts from their . many . gods. The beliefs . Pharoah. Ramses. III and Gods of . Memphis, . ancient . Egyptian wall . Painting, . c. . 1150 . BCE. Userhat. Adoring . Dieties. , . ancient . Egyptian wall . painting, 1294-. 1279 BCE. Umar. . Makram. 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. . Suzan H. Sanad. 1. , Mohamed A. Negm. 1. and MD. Al-Ameer Dahi. 2. 1Cotton Research Institute-Giza Egypt. 2Nile for Fine Spinning-Al-Sadat City, Egypt. When WestPoint Stevens, the US’s largest home textiles company, wanted to place the logo on their Ralph Lauren sheets and pillowcases, they conducted an internet survey and discovered that 76% of consumer’s responding preferred Egyptian cotton as compared to only 16% who preferred Pima cotton.. 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. .