Great Ancient Egypt Projects

Van Vleet Carmella

Description

From reed boats, papyrus, and amulets, to pyramids, pharaohs, and mummies, Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself explores the fascinating lives of ancient Egyptians through more than25 hands-on building projects and activities. Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself gives readers today a chance to experience how the ancient Egyptians lived, cooked, worked, worshipped, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors through building projects that use common household supplies.Detailed step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates for creating each project are combined with historical facts and anecdotes, biographies, and trivia for the real-life models of each project. Together they give kids a first-hand look at daily life in ancient Egypt.

Sujets

• Ancient World
• Ancient history
• Ancient Egypt

Informations

• Publié par: Nomad Press
• Date de parution: 01 juin 2007
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780978503772
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 39 Mo

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Great Ancient EGYPT Projects You Can Build Yourself

Carmella Van Vleet

Image Credits pg. 26, ruins: from wikipedia commons, poto by Hajor, December 2001; pg. 43, Senet: from wikipedia, courtesy of he Yorck Project; pg. 73, Parao Akenaton: from wikipedia commons; pg. 84, Ligtouse of Alexandria: computer visualization by Bill Munns; pg. 96, mummy: courtesy of House of Parao (www.ouse-of-parao.com), artwork by Kameron Rieck, poto by Gabriele Zoulek; pg. 102, King Tut: courtesy of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities; pg. 110, Jean-François Campollion: from wikipedia; pg. 111, Rosetta stone, from wikipedia, poto courtesy of Matija Podraški; images courtesy of Dover Publica- tions: iii, vi, 5, 8, 10–12, 15, 17, 26–30, 35, 36, 40, 41, 47, 48, 51, 54, 55, 61–63, 72, 73, 80, 82, 86, 89, 91, 92, 94, 97, 98, 100–102, 104, 106, 109, 112–118, 121, 122.

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Timeline of Ancient Egypt iv

Map of Ancient Egypt vi

Introduction 1

The Foundations of Ancient Egypt 3

Boats 9

Farming 14

Papyrus 19

Homes 25

Bread 34

Tableof Contents Games Mummies 40 96

Tunics & Fashion 47

Jewelry 53

Amulets 58

Kohl & Perfume 63

Royal Crook & Flail 68

Pyramids 78

Temples 87

Hieroglyphs 107

Glossary 115

Resources 119

Index 120

Timeline of Ancient Egypt’s History

Most experts like to break up ancient Egypt’s history into the following time periods:

Early Dynastic Period, c. 3100–2686 BCE • Menes, the first Egyptian pharaoh, unites Upper and Lower Egypt. He establishes the capital at what was later known as Memphis. • Hieroglyphic script is developed.

Old Kingdom, c. 2686–2181 BCE • The pharaohs are like god-kings and become very powerful, building many pyramids. • Irrigation of the Nile River allows the Egyptians to grow more food and Egypt’s population increases. • King Khufu builds the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx.

First Intermediate Period, c. 2181–2055 BCE • The pharaohs lose power and Egypt splits apart and enters a chaotic time. • No pyramids are built.

Middle Kingdom, c.2055–1650 BCE • The pharaohs become powerful again and reunite Egypt. • The Egyptians take control of Nubia, which has valuable resources like gold and semi-precious stones. • The last pyramids are built.

Second Intermediate Period, c. 1650–1550 BCE • Asian invaders take over northeastern Egypt.

NewKingdom, c. 1550–1069 BCE • The pharaohs reunite Egypt again and queens are more powerful than before. Some queens become pharaohs. • Trade with Asia grows. • Many great temples are built. • The most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamen, rules from 1336 to 1327 BCE.

Third Intermediate Period, c. 1069–644 BCE • Egypt falls apart and the Nubians in the south regain their independence. • Many cities are developed. • Foreigners invade and take over Egypt, first the Nubians in 728 BCE, then the Assyrians, from Mesopotamia (now modern Iraq), in 669 BCE.

Late Period, c. 644–332 BCE • The Persians, from the Near East (now Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Israel), conquer Egypt in 525 BCE. • Demotic script is developed.

Greek & Roman Egypt, c. 322 BCE–639 CE • Alexander the Great, from Macedonia (north of Greece), conquers Egypt with a Greek army in 332 BCE. • The Greeks rule Egypt starting in 323 BCE, bringing Greek culture and language to Egypt. • The Rosetta stone is carved in 196 BCE. • Cleopatra, the last Greek pharaoh, dies in 30 BCE. • Augustus, the emperor of the Roman Empire, conquers Egypt. The Romans rule Egypt for more than 600 years.

BCEstands for Before the Common Era and means the same as BC (which stands for Before Christ). CEstands for Common Era and means the same as AD (oranno Domini).

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ave you ever looked at a picture of a pyramid , a mummy, or an ancient clay pot with hieroglyphs and wondered who made it? Or have you ever been to a museum and seen a statue of a pharaoh or an Egyptian peasant and been curious about who these people were and what their lives were like thousands of years ago?

Ancient Egypt existed from about 3100 BCE to about 639 CE, and it was one of te most powerful civilizations of all time. For reasons tat we will explore in tis book, ancient Egyp- tian people, tougt, and culture ave always fascinated te modern world. Wat was it about tese tings tat made tis civilization so strong?

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Centuries and centuries after te last parao died, tour- ists continue to travel by te tousands to te Words to Know ancient pyramids, and all over te world people pyramid:monuments that house line up for ours at museums and galleries to the tombs of ancient Egyptian view exibits of ancient Egyptian art, arcitec- pharaohs, as well as all the things he needed in the afterlife. There ture, and oter relics tat sed ligt on ancient were three types of pyramids built in ancient Egypt: step pyramids, bent Egyptian life and times. pyramids, and true pyramids. Because Egypt’s dry desert sands naturally hieroglyphs:the pictures and sym- preserved many tombs, temples, and artifacts, bols that made up ancient Egypt’s earliest form of writing. Hieroglyphs we know a good deal about ancient Egypt and means “sacred writing,” and often covered coffins and the walls of its people. It would be nearly impossible for one tombs and temples. book to cover everyting about tis civilization, pharaoh:the ancient Egyptian name for a king. but tis book will elp you understand wat life was like for its people. It explores wat ancient Egyptians ate and wore, were tey lived and wat tools tey used, and it also investigates te often mysterious subjects of paraos, pyramids, mummies, and tombs. Most of te projects in tis book can be made wit little adult su- pervision and materials tat you already ave at your ouse. So step back into an ancient time, and get ready to Build It Yourself .

The Foundations 1 of Ancient Egypt

he Greek writer Herodotus once described Egypt as the “gift of the Nile,” and it’s easy to understand why. The annual Looding of the Nile River provided ancient Egyp- tians with rich soil that was ideal for farming in the middle of a great desert. The Nile also provided a way of travel- ing and of trading goods, while acting as a natural barrier against ancient Egypt’s enemies. In many ways, the Nile made life possible in ancient Egypt. And what a life it was!

Modern-day Egypt is at te norteastern part of Af- rica. he Mediterranean Sea and te Red Sea bor- der it to te nort and east; te countries of Libya and Sudan border it to te west and sout. Ancient Egypt covered rougly te same territory, but it extended farter sout into Sudan. Egypt lies witin te Saara Desert, te largest and ottest desert in te world. (he wole continental United

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