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Egyptian Language and Pyramids

Egyptian Language and Pyramids. Do Now. Take out your hieroglyphic drawings and share what you have written. Written Language. Hieroglyphic means “holy writing” More than 700 symbols

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Egyptian Language and Pyramids

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  1. Egyptian Language and Pyramids

  2. Do Now • Take out your hieroglyphic drawings and share what you have written.

  3. Written Language Hieroglyphic means “holy writing” More than 700 symbols Originally used for religion, then to record things such as royal ceremonies, tax collecting, and even the depth of the Nile Hieroglyphics were translated using the Rosetta Stone

  4. Hieroglyphics

  5. Papyrus

  6. Rosetta Stone

  7. Pyramids • The Old Kingdom is known as the “Age of the pyramids” • King Zoser was the first king to be buried in a pyramid • Buried in famous step pyramid at Saqqara • Best known is the Great Pyramid at Giza, built for King Khufu

  8. King Zoser Step Pyramid

  9. King Khufu Great Pyramid of Giza

  10. King Khafre

  11. King Khafre Pyramids at Giza Sphinx

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