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Ancient Egypt Questions for before you watch the video: 1. What do you know about Egypt? 2. What can you learn from the following images? Questions for during the video: Questions: 3) Who ruled ancient Egypt? For how many years? 4) The paintings in the tombs tell the story of the god Osiris and his wife Isis. Who killed Osiris? What did his wife do? 5) How did the Egyptians preserve bodies? 6) Give three examples of things that were put into the tombs with the body. Question for after the video How is it possible to build the pyramids without the use of modern technology? transcript Ancient Egypt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdtgX9ORiW4 The Nile River, more than 5000 years ago its waters gave birth to one of the greatest civilizations ever to arise in the history of the world, ancient Egypt. Ruled for about 3000 years by kings called pharaohs, the Egyptians crafted intricate artwork, built great stone monuments, and developed the world's first national government. They created the first basic forms of arithmetic, a 356 day calendar, and a kind of writing called hieroglyphics; Leaving behind a record of their world in words as well as in stones. The ancient Egyptians build great tombs, many of which still stand today. But the Egyptians were not obsessed with death; rather, they were so in love with life that they wanted it to go on forever. Paintings in their tombs tell the story of their god Osiris who was murdered and torn apart by his brother. His wife, the goddess Isis gathered the pieces of his body and put them back together and Osiris rose from the dead. The ancient Egyptians believed that because Osiris died ad rose again, they too could achieve immortality. Osiris was just one of many gods the ancient Egyptians worshipped. The supreme deity was Amon Ra, the sun god. Anubis, the god of the dead presided over the important work of embalming. The Egyptians believed in life after death and they tried to preserve the bodies of their dead for use in the next life. When a wealthy or powerful person dies they carefully embalmed the body and wrapped in linen bandages to create a mummy. The mummy went into an elaborate coffin covered with magic spells and the coffin was placed inside a tomb. Into the tomb went anything that the deceased would need when his soul returned to his body, like beautiful furniture, jewelry, or even a massive boat that the pharaoh could sail on the Nile eternally. The great pyramids at Giza were constructed to house the tombs of three powerful Pharaohs who reigned from about 2550 to 2470 BC. Without the help of modern technology, workers piled up over 6 million rhinestone and granite rocks; some weigh more than 40 tons. A new block was put in place every two minutes, and the entire project was completed in just 8 years. Each worker laboured to ensure immortality for the pharaoh and each achieved his own kind of immortality in the monuments that remain today.