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Ancient Egyptian Culture

Ancient Egyptian Culture. Chapter 3, Section 4. Writing in Ancient Egypt . Hieroglyphics – writing made up of pictures or symbols. Hieroglyphs. Pictures stand for ideas or things Some pictures stand for sounds Became more complicated as time went on. Papyrus and the Rosetta Stone.

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Ancient Egyptian Culture

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  1. Ancient Egyptian Culture Chapter 3, Section 4

  2. Writing in Ancient Egypt Hieroglyphics – writing made up of pictures or symbols

  3. Hieroglyphs Pictures stand for ideas or things Some pictures stand for sounds Became more complicated as time went on

  4. Papyrus and the Rosetta Stone • Wrote on papyrus instead of clay • Meaning of hieroglyphs lost for almost 1400 years • Rosetta Stone found in 1799 – 3 different languages on it • Rosetta Stone = key to understanding Egyptian culture

  5. Science and Medicine • Math • Could add, subtract, multiply, divide • Knew geometry • Math helped Egyptians create the pyramids • Science • Needed to predict floods • Astronomers noticed the Nile would rise about the same time Sirius would appear • Sirius = the Dog Star • Worked out the average time between appearances of Sirius  led to 365 day calendar

  6. Sirius = The Dog Star

  7. Medicine • Doctors = specially trained priests • Knew a lot about the body because of mummification process • Understood herbalism • Greeks and Romans used Egyptian medicinal practices

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