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11 November 2015. Bellringer: Clear everything off of your desk – Check in Quiz over 4.1 and 4.2; you will have 12 minutes max Highly Developed Culture-Pyramids Mummies will start tomorrow HW: None. 1. 2. 2. 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Slaves. 4.1 & 4.2 Quiz. C - Pharaoh D - Upper Egypt
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11 November 2015 • Bellringer: Clear everything off of your desk – Check in Quiz over 4.1 and 4.2; you will have 12 minutes max • Highly Developed Culture-Pyramids • Mummies will start tomorrow • HW: None
1 2 2 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Slaves
4.1 & 4.2 Quiz • C - Pharaoh • D - Upper Egypt • F - Lower Egypt • B - Nobles • A - Afterlife • E - Menes • Silt • Pyramids • Human (king) & god
Pharaoh Nobles, Gov. Workers & Priest Scribes, Craftspeople, Merchants Farmers & Labor workers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Slaves
The Pyramids http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt/videos/deconstructing-history-the-great-pyramid
From Step Pyramid to True Pyramid • True Pyramid • Four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top • Introduced at the start of the 4th Dynasty • Structure is almost the same as a step pyramid • Used finishing blocks after dimensions were right to smooth out the sides • Usually out of limestone • http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-egypt/videos?paidlink=1&vid=HIS_SEM_Search&keywords=ancient%252Begypt%252Bwebsites&utm_source=msn&utm_medium=cpc#the-great-pyramids-deconstructed
How were they built? • Textbook pages 94 & 95 • Huge blocks of limestone were cut with copper tools and taken by boat to the building site • Teams of workers dragged the stones on wooden sleds to the pyramid • Giant ramps made of rubble were piled around the pyramid so workers could reach the top • “Historians are still not sure exactly how Egyptians built the pyramids.” (page 94)
How were they built? • Mainstream hypothesis: • Various kinds of ramps
How were they built? • Mainstream hypothesis: • The Packing Method • Jean-Pierre Houdin’s “internal ramp” hypothesis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lasCXujNPfs&noredirect=1
Welcome to Mummification ~Inspired by Mr. Klumper~
Definition of Mummification • Drying out a dead body to prevent it from rotting • Some Images for you to enjoy, sort of…..
Mummification Having your body mummified was very EXPENSIVE!!!
Why be Mummified? • 1. Physical Body need to be preserved • 2. Ensure a Safe Passage to the afterlife • 3. Spirit would recognize you in the after life.
Step 1 & 2 of Mummification • 1. Announcement of Death Messenger Sent out to the streets to announce the dead. • 2. Embalming the Body Dead body brought to special tent for embalming
Step 2 - Removal of the Brain • Egyptians thought brain was a Waste of space. • Method 1: Remove brain through the nose with a hook • Method 2. Mix up brain with wire and let it drain out through nose
Step 3 – Removal of the Internal Organs • Liver, Lungs, Stomach & Intestines • Method: small slit cut in stomach and organs pulled out. • Organs then placed in Canopic Jars • Cleansing: Body washed with oil, lotion and preserving fluids • Body then stuffed with linen or straw to keep shape of a body canopic-jars.50webs.com/canopic-jars2.jpeg
Step 4 – Drying out Process • Method: Body placed on slab and covered with Natron Salt • The slab was on a slant so water could run out. • 40 Days
Step 5 – Wrapping the Body • Hundreds of Yards of Linen • Shroud added at end to keep wrappings together • Body covered with “Mummia” to glue everything together.
Step 6 – Final Procession • Family & friends would walk through town on their way to the burial. • People were paid to cry to show the gods the person was well loved • The more people crying, the better. ib205.tripod.com/death/burial-2.jpg
Ritual 1 - Opening of the Mouth • Priests would touch the parts of the face with special instruments. • Purpose: Without this process, dead person would not be able to see, hear, eat, or move in afterlife. • Then laid in burial chamber with: • belongings • canopic jars • Book of the Dead
Ritual 1 - Opening of the Mouth ib205.tripod.com/death/burial-2.jpg
Ka, Ba & Akh • The Ka was a less solid duplicate of the body. Without a physical body the soul had no place to dwell and became restless forever • The Ba was able to leave the tomb and revisit the dead person's haunts in the mortal world. • The Akh was the immortal soul which emerged when the Ka and the Ba united after the deceased person passed judgment
Ritual 2 ~Weighing of the Heart If your heart was…. (weighed against the feather of maat) -Balanced: Immortality-Heart Heavier: horrible fate Location – Hall of Maat Gods – Anubis, Ammut & Thoth • www.crystalinks.com/egyptianjudgment.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtml Now….you try it! http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=horrible+histories+egypt+mummy&qpvt=horrible+historeis+egypt+mummy&FORM=VDRE#view=detail&mid=97CAFF1E451255B733B097CAFF1E451255B733B0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kFVgHwEkLE