1. Senet Robin Burke GAM 206

2. Outline o Quizzes o Egypt, continued o Senet

3. Analysis Paper o due today

4. Social Organization o Court o royal family o multiple wives / concubines o advisors / ministers o Priesthood o mostly hereditary o secluded in temples and religious cities o embalmers o Commoners o farmers o artisans o Slaves o usually foreigners captured in battle o could hold important jobs

5. Egyptian Technology o Egyptians were great builders of stone and brick o pyramids o temples o wood was rare and very precious o Egyptians had very advanced medicine o much admired and copied by the Greeks o Egyptians developed mathematics o especially geometry and surveying o Erotosthenes (276-194 BCE) measured the circumferences of the earth

6. Egyptian Religion o Religion was very concrete o Images of the gods were the gods o They had to be fed, robed, sung to, praised, and otherwise cared for o Gods expected perfection o Religion was not particularly public o There were regular public rituals o Temples were built to exclude common people o especially from the innermost holy places o Many of the rituals were secret knowledge o severe penalties for disclosure

7. Gods o Amun-Ra o national god of Egypt o identified with the pharaoh o sun god o bringer of life, creator o Osiris o order and virtue o killed by Seth and resurrected o god of the dead o Isis o wife and sister (!) of Osiris o Horus o son of Osiris after his rebirth o represented as a falcon o Seth o god of evil and disorder

8. Afterlife o Egyptian beliefs very influential o some argue Christian views derive from them o After death o join with the Amun-Ra when setting o travel through the underworld o soul would be judged o passing through 12 "houses" o reward o eternal life o rising with the sun god

9. Groups o Group 1 o Baio,Brian A o Saulsberry,Daniel S o Shusterich,Jeffrey J o Stull,R. Alexander o Group 2 o Rady,Brad W o Shilander,David Leo o Smythe,Geoffrey R o Wiemeyer,Ryan J o Group 3 o McNulty,Joseph o Patterson, George o Rothrock, Drew o Salzman,Christopher M o Group 4 o Hsiao,Matt C o Libman,Jeffrey R o Lubinski,Tommy Stanley o Mammana Lupo,Anthony o Group 5 o Hoffman,Bryan M o Kelly,Donnell D o Kostelnik,Anthony J o Lazar,Matthew D o Group 6 o Cao,Shengnan o Keiser,Steven DC o Koller,Kenneth R o Kolodziejski,Kamil o Group 7 o Allen,John M o Alongi,Anthony J o Bodenburg, Sklyer o Guida,Nicholas T