Wanawan, Rowie Baldisimo BS Bio 3A Arts and Appreciation Module 7 Activity 1 Just like any other piece of writing, write your name in the cartouche. Activity 2 Name the gods. He is one of the oldest Egyptian gods. ANUBIS He has the head of jackal. ANUBIS He is the brother and husband of Isis. OSIRIS He guides people to the after life. He watches over bodies while they are mummified. ANUBIS She is the mother of Horus. ISIS On her head she wears cow’s horns with the sun between them. ISIS He is the Father of Horus. She is worshipped in the town called Bubastis. BASTET She has the head of a cat. He is the god of wisdom and writing. ANUBIS She is the sister and wife of Osiris. ISIS She is the protector of children. ISIS She sits on a throne. BASTET She is a goddess. BASTET BASTET OSIRIS He is the judge of the dead. OSIRIS He wears a white crown. OSIRIS THOTH He carries a writing stick because he was a scribe (writer) to the gods. THOTH He is the son of Isis and Osiris. HORUS He wears the double crown of Egypt. HORUS His head is an Ibis bird. THOTH He is the Sun God. He has the body of a falcon. Sometimes he takes the form of a baboon. THOTH HORUS HORUS BASTET HORUS ISIS OSIRIS Activity 3 Name the Pyramids and Temple as mentioned in the discussions. PYRAMIDS TEMPLES Step Pyramids The Temple of Horus The Great Pyramids of Giza Queen Nefertiti The Great Sphinx Tutankhamun THOTH ANUBIS Follow up questions: Ancient Egypt How Ancient Egypt Influenced our lives today? Paper Writing What plant did the Egyptians make paper out of? What are the symbols called that the Egyptians used to write? The plant that the Egyptians use to make paper is the papyrus plant, most commonly known by its botanical name Cyperus papyrus. Where did they find this plant? Papyrus thickets were found in the marshes of the Nile Delta as well as in the low-lying areas bordering the Nile Valley, both of which needed shallow fresh water or water-saturated earth to flourish. How did they make paper? The papyrus plant has been grown for a very longtime in Egypt’s Nile Delta region, It was harvested for its stalk or stem, whose core pith was divided into tiny strips, pressed together, and dried to create a smooth, thin writing surface. How is paper similar today? The word “papyrus”, which refers to the plant that the Ancient Egyptians processed to make writing surfaces, is the origin of the word paper. Papyrus though, isn’t actually made of paper. Papyrus plant stems were used by the Egyptians to make scrolls and sheets by cutting them into thin strips and pasting them together. The ancient Egyptians used the distinctive script known today as Hieroglyphs (Greek for “sacred words”) In what direction do you read hieroglyphics? Hieroglyphs are always read from top to bottom but sometimes on the left (like English) and sometimes on right. What is the Rosetta Stone and when was it found? The Rosetta stone, a dark-colored granodiorite stela inscribed with the same inscription in three scriptsDemotic, Hieroglyphs, and Greek-means different things to different individuals. During Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt in July 1799, French soldiers discovered the stone in the city of Rosetta (modern-day el Rashid). What does the Rosetta Stone tell us? Rosetta stone actually deals with a fairly banal piece of administrative business. A profound wisdom reaching across the centuries. It is a copy of a decree passed in 196 BCE by a council of Egyptian priests celebrating the anniversary of the coronation of Ptolemy V Epiphanes as king of Egypt. Rope and Pulley System: The Egyptians used a Rope and Pulley System to lift blocks of stone when building the pyramids. Explain how they did this. It is proposed that Old Kingdom Egyptians did likely create and utilize a simple but robust, durable pulley (made of limestone, granite, and/or copper) fully capable of thousands of usage cycles- a polished cylinder rotates in an open sleeve or cradle with a polished, mating surface. The portion of the cylinder in control with the rope would ne groove and/or roughened sufficient to prevent rope slippage.
