Taylor's Dads Adventure and TEST

Well today in class Taylor brought in stuff (heirogrphyics and paper) that her dad had received when he went on an adventure to Egypt, while he was intending to go hiking, but his flight had a problem so he just chilled at Egypt for no reason at all just to have fun. In class the notes that we took were about several subjects
Government:

• Pharoah all powerful, at the top
• Relied on hormany and balance of universe, called this "maat"
• Pharaoh had many wives and all the financial and social success went through the palace
• Women got money/land when they divorce a husband, little political power but big role compared to other societies

Gods Humans and Everlasting Life

• God portayed with animal heads/bodies
• Believed in afterlife, only rich/ pharoah get mumified
• Souls either go to after world or paradise or jobs or eaten by the jaws of a monster

Writtings of the Words of God:

• Writting formed in 3100 BC and were hieroglyphics 
• Represented religious words, parts of words, and temples
• Script developed scribes and preists
• written on papyrus

Calender and Sailboats

• Calender with 365 days for several cycles
• Doctors wrote a lot on health issues and many med procedures
• wooden sailboats constructed

Pyramid and Temple

• Pyramids are massive tone tombs, covered in marble but marble stripped during Muslim conquest
• Temple of Amon at Karna largest religous building huge blacks of stones
• Painting gods kings in series of poses without perspective, but highly affective