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Second graders became Egyptologists to learn more about this amazing civilization as well compare it to our own civilization. We hope you enjoy walking back in time!
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Homes
Ancient Egyptians lived in homes near the Nile River.
Most people were poor.
They lived in simple houses made of sun dried bricks.
The roof of the house was flat, so they could use it for cooking and sleeping.
This artifact show what a house would have looked like.
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Clothing and Sandals
Ancient Egyptian wore clothes made from linen. Linen was made from a plant called flax that was easy to grow.
Most people did not wear any shoes, but some wore sandals. They were made from the papyrus plant. Can you find something else in our museum made from this plant?
Here is a surprise: Sometimes kids did not wear any clothes at all!
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Ancient Food
This is an actual loaf of bread that is over 3,000 years old!! It was found in a tomb.
Ancient Egyptians ate bread with every meal. They made bread from the wheat they grew.
Most Egyptians also ate fruits and vegetables that they grew.
They went fishing in the Nile River.
Rich people ate meat.
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King of Egypt
The Pharaoh was the King of Egypt.
Egyptians believed he was a God on Earth and had the powers of a God. He was the chief priest.
He was in charge of the army and the courts of law.
He made all the laws.
He owned all the land and all of the food.
The Pharaoh was the most powerful job in ancient Egypt.
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Pharaoh and Officials
The Pharaoh was the head of the government, but he did not work alone.
He had Government Officials who carried out his orders such as collecting taxes.
The Pharaoh was in charge of everything, so it was important that he was nice so he would treat the people nice.
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Farmers and the Pharaoh
The farmer had the least powerful job in ancient Egypt, but maybe the most important. They grew all the food.
Even though they grew all the food, the Pharaoh owned all the food.
That didn’t seem fair!
People used the food to pay taxes to the Pharaoh.
People hoped the Pharaoh was a good person so he would share the food with everyone.
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This artifact is a painting showing Egyptian workers preparing a mummy for it final burial.
Artisans are carving the wooden coffins and adding hieroglyphic writing for good luck.
The body was dried out, and it was wrapped in 20 layers of linen.
The mummy was placed in a burial room in a pyramid.
The God, Anubis, is helping as he is the God of the Dead.
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Did you know the ancient Egyptians were one of the first civilizations to use a toothbrush?
They invented one made from wood and a stiff brush-like plant.
They made toothpaste out of burned eggshells, ashes, or powdered ox hooves!
Ancient Egyptians invented other things like the lock and key and one of the first calendars.
They also invented many tool to help them with their jobs like a plow for farming.
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This is the portrait mask of King Tut.
A portrait mask is painted to look just like the person. It is placed on the mummy and then wrapped in more linen. King Tut’s mask was made of gold weighing 20 pounds.
Ancient Egyptians believed when a person died they went to an after life, so they needed their body in good condition which is why they learned how to preserve a body for a long time.
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The ancient Egyptians used symbols to write.
They were called hieroglyphs.
The symbols were things that were important to the Egyptian people like different animals, gods, things like water and food.
It was hard to write hieroglyphs, so not all Egyptians could do it.
There are over 300 different symbols.
Try to write your name in hieroglyphs!
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Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an important artifact because it helped us to figure out what the hieroglyph symbols mean.
The stone has 3 different types of writing on it, including hieroglyphs. Egyptologists used the writing to figure out the hieroglyphs. It took 27 years to figure out!
The stone was like a key to an ancient code.
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First Paper
This is an artifact of some of the first paper invented.
It is called papyrus paper.
Papyrus paper is made from a papyrus plant that grew along the Nile River.
The Egyptian people would take the long leaves and weave them together. Then, they would lay it out in the sun to dry.
They would make ink from plants to use for writing.
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Gods and Goddesses
The ancient Egyptians believed in many Gods and Goddesses.
They believed these Gods controlled all the things around them like the sun, storms, food, and water.
Sobek was the God of water. He has the head of a crocodile. It fits him because he is the God of water.
Fresh water was very important to the ancient Egyptians because they lived in a desert. The Nile River was their only fresh water.
It was important to keep the Gods happy so good thing happened.
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Horus
Horus was the God of Pharaohs.
He had the head of a falcon.
Horus was brave and he protected Pharaohs.
Horus fought his Uncle Seth in a battle to get back the throne.
This legend is called, The Battle for Kingship.
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Seth
This is a statue of Seth.
He was the God of deserts and storms.
Seth was a wicked God.
He had the head of a monster.
He was the brother of Osiris, and he killed his brother so he could become Pharaoh.
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Some ancient Egyptians were artisans and merchants.
Artisans painted, sculpted statues from stone, and made beautiful things. They often created art for the Pharaoh. An artisan was not a very powerful job. The only job with less power was the farmer.
A merchant would trade goods with other places to bring back unusual things for the Pharaoh. A merchant had a bit more power than an artisan, but not much.
Other jobs were farmers, scribes, soldiers, government officials, and the Pharaoh.
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Ancient Egyptian soldiers had a powerful job.
Soldiers were in charge of protecting the Pharaoh.
They were in charge of protecting the Egyptian land for the Pharaoh.
Soldiers were in charge of fighting to get more land for the Pharaoh.
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25. Scribe This ancient Egyptian artifact is a stone statue of a scribe.
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Scribe
This ancient Egyptian artifact is a stone statue
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A scribe had the job of writing down all the laws
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A scribe wrote in hieroglyphs.
This job was more powerful than some because a scribe was educated and was one of the few who could read and write in hieroglyphs.
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