Ch. 1.4 “Egyptian Achievements” (p.34-40)
WRITING
Writing in Ancient Egypt:
 ________________–ancient Egyptian
_____________ system—one of world’s
___ writing systems.
 Earliest examples of writing –
________ BC
 Method/Medium - Carved in ________—
then made _____________ and wrote on
that with brushes and ink—made ________
 Hieroglyphic writing system used
more than 600+ symbols—__________
of objects that stand for sounds
 lots of format options made it easy to
write, but hard to _______ (must look
at individual symbols)
Rosetta Stone:
 1799—discovered by French soldier
 included Hieroglyphics & text in _________
and later form of Egyptian.
 Important because: the _____________
in all three languages was the __________
so scholars who knew Greek were finally
able to ______________ the hieroglyphics.
Egyptian Texts:
 Preserved by - Dry Egyptian
_____________; preserved many papyrus
texts.
 Surviving texts include: government
documents, ______________ records,
science texts, medical manuals,
_____________ works
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KEY
Name _______________________________ Hour______
EGYPTIAN ACHIEVEMENTS
ARCHITECTURE
ART
Egypt’s Great Temples:
Egyptian Art: Many of the great works of art
In addition to the pyramids Ancient Egypt is
were _____________ to fill the ___________
also famous for its ________________.
of pharaohs.
Paintings:
 Beliefs and functions of temples:
 Purpose: for pharaoh’s tombs and temples
homes of _________—place for people to
honoring gods.
____________ and offer _________ to
 Where: Painted on __________ of
gods.
temples and tombs, canvas, papyrus,
____________, plaster, __________
 Who viewed it: Really only viewed by
 Common Features: _____________lined
____________ and ______________ and
paths leading to entrance, huge thick gate
important people, since ______________
with ______________ on either side, lavish
people couldn’t enter the temples or
________________, huge columns
tombs.
________________ with hieroglyphics and  Varied subjects: ________________
paintings, statues of gods and pharaohs
events, religious rituals, _______________
stood along the walls
life.
 Style: heads and legs always from side
view, __________ bodies and shoulders
 Example: Temple of ____________—
always seen ______________ on. ______
largest, ____________ Amon-Re (sun god)
of people depended on importance.
_______________ drawn realistically.
Carvings and Jewelry:
 Statues and _____________ in tombs and
temples
 Objects of _______ and precious stones
 Most valuable objects ___________ over
time—King Tuts (Tutankhamen) tomb,
discovered in ________, one of few intact
tombs with ________________ left. These
treasures have ____________ much about
Egyptian ____________ practices and
_______________.
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