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Bell Work •What do you know about the culture of Egypt? The Culture of Egypt Egypt’s Economy • Strong economy based on agriculture • Barley • Emmer(Wheat) • Glassmaking, metalwork, & pottery • Barter System-traded crops for luxury goods • Pharaoh taxed goods-took a portion of crops or products • Had to work on government buildings Life After Death • Egyptian’s belief that they would have a new life after they died • Egyptians preserved the dead w/minerals & spices(resin) • Then wrapped body in cloth • Wrapped body-Mummy Life After Death • Here is a primary source on the mummification process • Read through it and I want you to highlight what you find interesting about the process Life After Death • Please read pages 48-49 • Please write a summary paragraph from the information from pages 48-49 Bell Work •Please read your summary paragraph on mummification Life in Egypt • Worshipped many gods • Environmental(sun, Nile river, flooding) • Towns &cities had local gods • 2 important gods • Ra- Sun god • Pharaoh is the son of Ra-Pharaoh is a god • Isis-Protected people from sickness & harm Life in Egypt • A Pharaoh’s Tomb • Many large temples & palaces built • Built stone tombs-pyramids • Most well known pyramids • Pyramids of Giza-located in Cairo • The Great Pyramid of Pharaoh Khufu-1 of the Pyramids of Giza • 2 million stone blocks -men worked while floodwaters covered fields Life in Egypt • Egyptian Advances • Great engineers & builders • Built canals & dams-increased land that could be farmed • 1 canal went from the Nile river to the Red sea • Leader in mathematics • New ways of measuring weight, area, length, & distance • Fractions • Astronomers-Identified the 5 planets that are seen w/out a telescope • Developed a 12 month calendar & 365 days Life in Egypt • Egyptian Advances • Medicine • Check patient’s pulse & heartbeat for illness • Set broken bones • Stitch wounds • Brain Surgery • Scribes helped with Medicine • Wrote papers to train doctors • Wrote papers about antibiotics-Moldy bread/honey (natural antibiotic) • Egyptian dentists filled cavities