Ancient Egyptian Trade

Bronze

Ebony Ebony and Ivory box

Gold

Incense Frankincense Myrrh Copper Incense Burner

Ivory

Lapis Lazuli Scarab Beetle While the blue stripes of Tut’s headress are made of a glass paste meant to imitate lapis lazuli, the pharoah’s eye makeup is real lapis lazuli. Lapis Lazuli Scarab Beetle

Olive Oil Olive oil storage containers similar to those used in transporting olive oil. Modern Olive Oil

Pottery Nubian Pottery Cretan Pottery Canaanite Pottery

Slaves Emphasize that scholars do NOT believe that the slaves built the pyramids

Timber Construction of an ancient Egyptian boat Wood Statue covered in resin Gilded Wooden Statue Wooden Furniture

Wild Animals Cynocephalus baboons

Exports Dates Grain Papyrus

CONTEXT CONTEXT! CONTEXT! CONTEXT! CONTEXT! CONTEXT! CONTEXT! CONTEXT!

What is Context? Why is it important? CONTEXT is knowing exactly where you found something so that you can get more information about the object. Jenny’s pencil from her desk in a fourth grade classroom at Alvarado Elementary School Any old pencil

CONTEXT This kind of Nubian pottery, known as Kerma ware was only made in Nubia between 1700 BC and 1550 BC. If you found this ceramic vessel in a royal tomb in Egypt, you could tell a lot from its CONTEXT You would know: Ancient Egypt traded with Nubia during this time period. Since you found it in a royal tomb, this imported pottery must have been considered important. Because imported objects took a lot of effort to obtain, they were often given a greater value. You could also use the dates from the pottery to help date the tomb.