presentation about Ancient Egypt in CLIC for high school students

2. Where is Egypt?

3. Agriculture
Papyrus
Communication

4. 2700 2050 1570 715 30
BC (Before Christ) or AD (Anno Domine)?
Old
Kingdom
Period
Middle
Kingdom
Period
New
Kingdom
Period
Late
Period
Situate in the Timeline:
▪ Egypt becomes a Roman province (30 BC)
▪ Construction of the Giza Pyramids (2700-2500 BC)
▪ Hyksos invasion (1700 BC)
▪ Hatshepsut period (1500 BC)
▪ Alexander The Great conquests (332 BC)

5. Mummification
https://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/learning-
activities/history/ancient-egypt/making-a-mummy/
Take Notes of the different Steps to make a
Mummy!

6. Privileged
Non- Privileged

7.  Writing System
 The scripture was pictographic.
 2 types of writing:
 Sacred : done very perfectly. It was called Hieroglyphics
 Popular: done very quickly. It was called Demotic

8. In the Hieroglyphics there were No
vowels.
In here you have an approximation
of the sounds
Try to write your name with them!

9.  They were very good at Mathematics
 They knew the number π
 They established the calendar with 365 days and the
day with 24 hours

12.  They learned lots of things thanks to Mummification
 They knew lots of remedies for illnesses

13.  They were Polytheists (they believed in a lot of gods)
 Some gods had a human body
and an animal head
• The Pharaoh was considered a living God

14.  They were the houses of the gods
 Only the priests could enter inside the temples
 The temples were very big and beautiful

15.  The Egyptians believed in life after death
 It was very important to preserve the intact body
They mummify the bodies
Rich
Poor

16. Evolution:
1.MASTABA 3. PYRAMID
2.STEP PYRAMID 4.HYPOGEUM