10/19/10%20BR-%20What%20were%20the%20three%20languages%20written%20on%20the%20Rosetta%20stone?

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10/19/10BR- What were the three languages
written on the Rosetta stone?
1-4 Homework! NARMER Palettes

• Today Learning About The Rosetta Stone

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Next Unit (DUE Monday, October 25)

• Start on Chapters 5-7
• These chapters talk about Egyptian Religion and
  the afterlife
• Read Chapter 5 for tomorrow.
• Pay special attention to the story of Osiris,
  Isis and Seth

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Vocabulary Journal 3

• Chapter 5 shrine, stela, navigate, exquisitely,
  maat, sanctuary, ritual, mortuary
• Chapter 6 afterlife, festering, meander,
  immortality, deceased, essential, fluids,
  embalmer
• Chapter 7 disembark, swagger, plateau,
  restlessness, trafficked, lever, constellation,
  orientation, overseer, erosion, haunch

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Timeline 2

• 2700 BCE - Old Kingdom Period Begins
• 2650-2500 BCE - Pyramid Age (construction of the
  three major pyramids at Giza) begins
• 2589-2566 BCE - Khufu (Cheops) rules builds
  Great Pyramid at Giza
• 2558-2532 BCE Sphinx at Giza Built
• 2532-2504 Menkaure rules, builds 3rd pyramid at
  Giza

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Important People 2

• Chapter 5 Neferhotep, Plutarch
• Chapter 6 you pick 1
• Chapter 7 Khufu, Thumose IV (tut-moze)

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Study Questions Chapter 5

1. What form did the Egyptian gods take? 2. Who was
   the most important god in ancient Egypt? Why? 3.
   How did Isis recover Osiris body after Seth
   killed him? 4. Why was it very important to King
   Neferhotep that the god Osiris be well taken care
   of? 5. Why do you think the king had 14 boats
   buried with him? 6. What did the Egyptians
   believe about Horus?

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Study Questions Chapter 6

• 1. What did the Field of Reeds mean to ancient
  Egyptians?
• 2. Why was the body of a person who died
  important to the ancient Egyptians?
• 3. How do we know the recipe for making a
  mummy?
• 4. Compare natural mummification with
  mummification by embalmers.
• 5. What was the purpose of the Book of the Dead?

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Study Questions Chapter 7

• 1. Why did the kings men come on barges to the
  villages along the Nile during flood season?
• 2. Why did farmers work on pyramids during flood
  season?
• 3. How was the Sphinx preserved over thousands of
  years?
• 4. Describe 2 ways that water was important in
  building the pyramids
• 5. Why do you think people worked on the
  pyramids? (p.59)

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Hieroglyphic Alphabet
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Hieroglyphic Alphabet
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The Rosetta Stone

• Found in 1799 in the town of Rosetta in the Nile
  Delta
• Was inscribed with three separate texts, saying
  the same thing
• Greek
• Demotic
• Hieratic

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The Rosetta Stone, contd

• Measurements
• 45 inches high
• 28 ½ inches wide
• 11 inches thick

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The Rosetta Stone, contd

• Carved in 196 B.C.
• Deciphered fully in 1822 by Champollion
• Exhibited in the British Museum since 1802
• July 2003, Egyptians demanded the return of the
  Stone

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Example
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Exit Slip

• Write a simple note (1 sentence) in
  hieroglyphics, be sure to sign your name.
• Translate the message on the previous screen.
• -Extra Credit Option
• Using the worksheet, write an extended note in
  hieroglyphics, the longer (and more decorated)
  the more credit. 30 Points maximum!