1. 10/19/10 BR- What were the three languages written on the Rosetta stone? Today: Learning About The Rosetta Stone 1-4 Homework! NARMER Palettes

2. Next Unit (DUE Monday, October 25) Start on Chapters 5-7 Start on Chapters 5-7 These chapters talk about Egyptian Religion and the afterlife These chapters talk about Egyptian Religion and the afterlife Read Chapter 5 for tomorrow. Pay special attention to the story of Osiris, Isis and Seth

3. Vocabulary Journal #3 Chapter 5: shrine, stela, navigate, exquisitely, ma’at, sanctuary, ritual, mortuary Chapter 6: afterlife, festering, meander, immortality, deceased, essential, fluids, embalmer Chapter 7: disembark, swagger, plateau, restlessness, trafficked, lever, constellation, orientation, overseer, erosion, haunch

4. Timeline #2 2700 BCE - Old Kingdom Period Begins 2650-2500 BCE - Pyramid Age (construction of the three major pyramids at Giza) begins 2589-2566 BCE - Khufu (Cheops) rules; builds Great Pyramid at Giza 2558-2532 BCE Sphinx at Giza Built 2532-2504 Menkaure rules, builds 3rd pyramid at Giza

5. Important People #2 Chapter 5: Neferhotep, Plutarch Chapter 6: you pick 1 Chapter 7: Khufu, Thumose IV (tut- moze)

6. Study Questions Chapter 5 1. What form did the Egyptian gods take? 2. Who was the most important god in ancient Egypt? Why? 3. How did Isis recover Osiris’ body after Seth killed him? 4. Why was it very important to King Neferhotep that the god Osiris be well taken care of? 5. Why do you think the king had 14 boats buried with him? 6. What did the Egyptians believe about Horus?

7. Study Questions Chapter 6 1. What did the Field of Reeds mean to ancient Egyptians? 2. Why was the body of a person who died important to the ancient Egyptians? 3. How do we know the “recipe” for making a mummy? 4. Compare natural mummification with mummification by embalmers. 5. What was the purpose of the Book of the Dead?

8. Study Questions Chapter 7 1. Why did the king’s men come on barges to the villages along the Nile during flood season? 2. Why did farmers work on pyramids during flood season? 3. How was the Sphinx preserved over thousands of years? 4. Describe 2 ways that water was important in building the pyramids 5. Why do you think people worked on the pyramids? (p.59)

9. Hieroglyphic Alphabet

11. The Rosetta Stone Found in 1799 in the town of Rosetta in the Nile Delta Was inscribed with three separate texts, saying the same thing Greek Demotic Hieratic

12. The Rosetta Stone, cont’d Measurements 45 inches high 28 ½ inches wide 11 inches thick

13. The Rosetta Stone, cont’d Carved in 196 B.C. Deciphered fully in 1822 by Champollion Exhibited in the British Museum since 1802 July 2003, Egyptians demanded the return of the Stone

14. Example

15. Exit Slip Write a simple note (1 sentence) in hieroglyphics, be sure to sign your name. Translate the message on the previous screen. -Extra Credit Option Using the worksheet, write an extended note in hieroglyphics, the longer (and more decorated) the more credit. 30 Points maximum!