1. Chapter 3, Section 4

2. Hieroglyphics – writing made up of pictures or symbols

3. Pictures stand for ideas or things Some pictures stand for sounds Became more complicated as time went on

5. Wrote on papyrus instead of clay Meaning of hieroglyphs lost for almost 1400 years Rosetta Stone found in 1799 – 3 different languages on it Rosetta Stone = key to understanding Egyptian culture

6. Science Needed to predict floods Astronomers noticed the Nile would rise about the same time Sirius would appear Sirius = the Dog Star Worked out the average time between appearances of Sirius  led to 365 day calendar Math Could add, subtract, multiply, divide Knew geometry Math helped Egyptians create the pyramids

8. Doctors = specially trained priests Knew a lot about the body because of mummification process Understood herbalism Greeks and Romans used Egyptian medicinal practices