EGYPTIAN CULTURE

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EGYPTIAN CULTURE
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Gods

• Polytheistic society - they believed in many
  gods.
• Amon-Re - Sun God
• Osiris God of the Dead
• Isis represents eternal life

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Pyramids

• Pharaohs burial - Valley of the Kings
• 2.5 ton limestone bricks
• Tutankhamens tomb - 1922

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Writing System

• Hieroglyphics
• Carved on stone, later papyrus
• Demotic style later developed for everyday
  writing
• Rosetta Stone same message in hieroglyphics,
  demotic, and Greek

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Class System

• Pharaoh god and earthly leader
• High priests/priestesses worshiped gods
• Nobles fought wars
• Merchants, scribes, artisans
• Peasant farmers
• Slaves

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• Fairly medically advanced surgery, diagnosis
• Mapped star constellations, planetary movements
• Created a 12 month calendar
• Used geometry, engineering to build pyramids

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Belief in the Afterlife

• -Mummification
• Bodies were buried with items