sixth grade class projects

1. Egypt

2. The Temple of Karnak
By Roland #6

3. What is the temple of Karnak?
The Temple of Karnak was a city of temples. It is dedicated to
the Gods Amun, Mut and Khonsu. It is one of the biggest
religious buildings in the world. It covers about 200 acres.

4. How old is the temple of Karnak?
The Temple of Karnak was built more than 2,000 years ago in
ancient Egypt. The Temple may be very old, but it hasn’t fallen
apart. It still exists now.

5. What did the Temple of
Karnak look like?
The temple of Karnak is decorated using pictures and
statues. They usually put pictures on walls and tall columns.
They put statues on the ground.

6. Mummies/Sarcophagus
BY Nathan #11

7. Mummies
A mummy is a deceased person
or animal.
Not everyone became a mummy.
Most mummies were Egyptian
families with a lot of money.

8. Sarcophagus
A sarcophagus is like a coffin.
It holds the mummy when it is buried in
a tomb.

9. Ramses The Great
By: Jacob #3

10. ❖Born 1303 BC, Died 1213 BC.
❖Reigned in Egypt from 1279 to 1213 BC.
❖Was in the 19TH Dynasty
Important Facts

11. hat He Built
The Temple of Karnak >
Pi-Ramses >
Abu Simble >

12. The Battle of Kadesh, happened in the year of
1294 BC. The battle ended in a peace treaty.
Important Battle History

13. Queen Hatshepsut
By: Sarah #10

14. Who was
Queen
Hatshepsut?
Queen Hatshepsut
was the pharaoh
of Egypt for over
20 years. She
was the second
female pharaoh in
Egyptian history.

15. How did she Become
Pharaoh?
Queen Hatshepsut became
pharaoh due to the death of
her husband. Since their son
was too young to rule, she took
his place as pharaoh.

16. What did she do as
Pharaoh?
As pharaoh, Queen
Hatshepsut
increased Egyptian
trade and built
many monuments and
temples.

17. What Happened to
Queen Hatshepsut?
After Queen Hatshepsut’s
death someone tried to
erase her from history.
Temples and monuments
she built were destroyed.
Her mummy was also
hidden.

18. Who tried to
erase Queen
Hatshepsut
from history?
Nobody knows who
attempted to erase
Queen Hatshepsut
from history. Some
people believe her
step son did because
he was mad at her
for taking the
throne that was
rightfully his.

19. Facts
Did you know that Queen
Hatshepsut dressed and
acted like a man. She
even wore a fake beard.
Queen Hatshepsut did this
to prove she could be
pharoah.

20. Menes
Andrew #12

21. What did Menes do
❖ Menes was the first king to unite upper and
lower egypt
❖ Menes was accepted as the first historical king
based upon the writing records

22. Fun Facts
➔ King Menes is linked do three other kings
➔ King Scorpion
➔ King Narmer
➔ King Hor-Aha
➔ King Menes was mauled to death by a hippo

23. Menes founded the first dynasty of Egypt
and founded the great city of Memphis

24. King Tutankhamun
By Nicholas #7

25. Birth
King Tut was
born around
1341 B.C.E.
in Ancient
Egypt.

26. tutankhaten-- Birth name --
tutankhaten
King tut’s birth name was tutankhaten which means
“the living image of Aten, the sun disk.” His father
wanted people to only worship this one god.
Tutankhaten

27. name change
He later changed his name to
Tutankhamun, which means “the living
image of amun” because he wanted to bring
the people back to traditional Polytheistic
beliefs.

28. Facts
● King Tut became a pharaoh at the age of 10 and
died at the age of 19.
● His father was a pharaoh before he was.
● His intact tomb was discovered in Egypt’s Valley
of the Kings in 1922.

29. More Facts
● His tomb was filled with gold jewelry. This
shows he was very important.
● The tomb has been sealed for over 3,200
years.

30. Death
King Tut died from a broken leg infection. He broke
his leg by falling out of a chariot.

31. Pharoahs
By: Cydney #9

32. What are Pharaohs?
Pharaohs were rulers of Egypt. Some
examples are Menes, Queen Hatshepsut
and King Tut.
Menes King Tut
Queen
Hatshepsut

33. Jobs that Pharaohs Had
Making laws, building temples, and
expanding trade routes were some jobs
Pharaohs had.

34. Fun Facts
● Menes was the first Pharaoh.
● Queen Hatshepsut was known for her many
monuments.
● Khufu was a pharaoh who built the largest
pyramid.

35. EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS
BY: Camryn #5

36. Pyramids -Huge stone tombs with four
triangle-shaped walls that meet in a point
❏The Egyptians started to build pyramids during the Old
Kingdom.
❏The size of the pyramid was a symbol of the pharaoh’s
greatness.
❏The pyramids point at the top symbolized the pharaoh’s
journey to the afterlife. FUN FACTS!

37. What is the largest pyramid?
The largest pyramid is the Great Pyramid of Khufu,
it is near the town of Giza. It stands four hundred
eighty one feet tall, and thirteen acres at the base.
the Great pyramid of Khufu took more than two
million limestone blocks to build.

38. MORE FUN FACTS!!!
❏Many pyramids have false doors that egyptians believed were a
connection between the worlds of the living and the dead.
❏The dry egyptian desert heat worked to keep the pharaoh’s
belongings from rotting away.
❏Because Egyptian pyramids were so big,they had to be built on
firm rocks because the pyramid would fall over on sand.

39. Sphinxes
By Aloysius #1

40. What is a Sphinx???????????
A Sphinx is a mythological creature
with a body of a lion and the head of a
person. In Ancient Egypt a lot of the
times the head was a Pharaoh or a
God.

41. What a Sphinx is built for:
The Egyptians built sphinx statues to
guard important areas such as tombs
and temples.

42. Facts
Sphinxes have been
a symbol of Egypt
from Ancient times
to present.

43. Some of the oldest Sphinxes
● The Great Sphinx of Giza
● Anzû
● Chimera
● Griffin

44. The Great Sphinx of Giza
The most famous sphinx is the Great
Sphinx of Giza. No one knows for sure who
built the Sphinx of Giza. The most popular
theory of the builder is that it was
commissioned by the 4th Dynasty King,
Khafre.

45. Thanks for Watching!!!!!

46. Valley
of the
Kings By Joseph #2

47. Where it is and when it was made
The Egyptians made this
valley a place to put dead
pharaohs during the New
Kingdom (New kingdom was
1539 to 1075 BC)
It is located on the west side
of the Nile river in Egypt.

48. How many tombs are there
and who was buried there?
● There are at least 63 discovered tombs.
● The pharoahs of the 18 through 20
dynasties are buried in the valley of the
kings

49. What is in the valley of the kings?
The Valley of the Kings was meant to be a
place to put their pharaoh’s tombs. Inside the
tombs were traps but if you made it to the last
room you would see art, a sarcophagus,
treasures, games, and a book of the dead to
lead you through the afterlife.

50. Here are some pictures of the tombs

51. The Rosetta
Stone
By: Julian

52. What is the
Rosetta Stone?
In 1799, French soldiers of
Napoleon Bonaparte found the
Rosetta Stone. It was carved in
196 BC about 2220 years ago. The
Rosetta Stone is a big stone that
has the the Egyptian writing
hieroglyphics along with another
type of Egyptian writing, and
Greek writing.

53. The Rosetta Stone helped archeologists
decode hieroglyphics. They decoded it from
the Greek writing on it. Because of this they
could uncover many secrets about ancient
Egypt.

54. Hieroglyphics and papyrus
By Aidan

55. How hieroglyphics are
used:
Hieroglyphics were used to
keep records and write stories
about religious beliefs.

56. How were hieroglyphics
decoded?
A Frenchman named Pierre
Bouchard found the Rosetta
stone that was later used to
translate hieroglyphics.

57. How is papyrus made?
Papyrus is made from reeds
pounded into paper

58. How is papyrus used?
Papyrus was used to write
on and keep records.