Egyptian%20Culture

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Egyptian Culture
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Gods and Goddesses

• Osiris God of Nile / Underworld
• Isis Love story / Creation with Isis
• Amon-Re Chief God
• The Sun God
• Pharaoh linked to Amon-Re

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Mummification Process

• Preserved the ba (spirit) and ka (body)
• Skilled workers labored for 70 days
• Removed vital body organs stored in canopic
  jars (heart remains)
• Body then embalmed and wrapped
• Pharaohs / officials buried in tombs
• People buried in the sand

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Mummification
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Canopic Jars
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Egyptian Writing Hieroglyphics

• Form of picture writing
• Initially carved in stone or clay
• Rosetta Stone flat black stone with message in
  Hieroglyphics, Demotic, Greek

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Demotic and Papyrus

• Simpler form of writing 2500 BCE
• Everyday use in Egypt
• Use of writing in Egypt
• Papyrus
• Plant found along Nile River banks
• Wrote on this paper material

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Papyrus
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Social Structure

• Pharaoh Human God
• Royal Family Queen Mother in charge / includes
  wives and children
• Officials upper class lifestyle
• Title Office Holders court life
• Middle Classes landowners, artisans, scribes
• Peasants small pay and long work days
• Slaves few in Egypt / from military victories

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Society

• Clothing, jewelry, and perfumes popular with men
  and women
• Wives Equal Status to Husbands
• Divorce Legal and Women get 1/3
• Encouraged close kin marriages
• (especially upper class)