World History
Mrs. Sanchez
11/13/13
Egyptian architecture
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Standard H-SS 6.2.5
I will be able to describe the importance of
Egyptian architecture when taking Cornell
notes.
I will know and use the words architecture
and pyramids.
Architecture
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The art or practice of designing and
constructing buildings.
There is architecture everywhere!
Architecture in
Los Angeles, California
Buildings
in
downtown
City Hall
Dodgers
stadium
Homes
Egyptian architecture
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Most important
types of building
were temples for
their gods and
tombs for their
pharaohs.
Temples for
their gods
Ancient Egyptian
Obelisks
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 Obelisks were important in the architecture
of the ancient Egyptians/ They were placed,
in pairs, at the entrance of temples.
 A number of ancient Egyptian obelisks are
known to have survived,
 These obelisks are now dispersed around
the world, and fewer than half of them
remain in Egypt.
 The obelisk symbolized the sun god Ra, and
the Egyptians believed that the god existed
within the structure.
Tombs for pharaohs
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 The first type of tombs were called Mastaba tombs.
Pyramids
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 Step pyramids were then designed as tombs for
pharaohs.
 They believed that they would be a stairway to the gods.
Think-Pair-Share
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Why would pharaohs
choose pyramids over
Mustaba tombs?
Pyramids- A lasting
achievement
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 The pyramids of Giza- Built by and for King Khufu,
his son Khafre, and his grandson Menkaure. The
tallest pyramid is the Great pyramid for Khufu.
 The great sphinx guards the road to Khafre’s
pyramid.
Achievements of
Ancient Egypt
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 Standard H-SS 6.2.5 and 6.2.9
C.O. I will be able to describe the important
achievements of the Egyptian civilization after
completing my Cornell notes.
L.O.: I will know and use the words hieroglyphs,
sculptures, anatomy, and papyrus when
discussing with my peers.
Essential question

What are the important
contributions that the Egyptians
made?
Achievements in
Ancient Egypt
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Sculptures in Ancient
Egypt
• Sculptures are statues made of clay,
stone, or other materials.
• Most sculptures were statutes of people
or gods.
What are some
examples of
sculptures in Ancient
Egypt?
• Huge statutes of gods stood in temples.
• Smaller statutes of Egyptians that once
lived, were placed in tombs along with
the mummies.
Statute of AmonRe or Ra
The Sun god
Abu Simbel
Ramses the Great had
this temple built
Paintings
The paintings allow us to
Ancient Egyptian
know and learn more about
paintings
the Egyptians.
Paintings in tombs also gave
people everything they
would need after dying, in
the afterlife.
Ready for a challenge?!
Independently and quietly…
Write down as many vocabulary words you can
think of, do not shout out any words.
Think - Pair - Share
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 Share your vocabulary words with your
partner.
 What can you say about the painting using
your vocabulary words?
Advances in
knowledge
The Egyptians made progress
in what they knew.
What does anatomy
mean?
• Anatomy is the study of the body and the
organs.
How did Egyptians
• As mummies were prepared, Egyptians
learn about the human
learned a lot about the human body.
body?
• Egyptian doctors also studied diseases and
created medicines to treat them.
Measuring time
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How did the Egyptians
measure time?
Why did they change their
calendar?
• The Egyptians developed the first accurate
(correct) calendar.
• This calendar was based on the cycles of the
moon and had 360 days.
• The Egyptians changed their calendar
because it was not accurate enough.
• They changed it according to the height of
the Nile flood waters.
• They invented “Nilometers” and this
calendar had 365 days.
• They even added 1 extra day every 4 years
to make it accurate.
Think - Pair - Share
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How is our calendar similar?
Hieroglyphs
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What was the
The Egyptians used hieroglyphs.
Egyptian’s
writing system?
What does
hieroglyph
mean?
• Hieroglyph comes from the
Greek words hieros (sacred) and
glypho (inscriptions)
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Let’s learn about
hieroglyphs
Lets be scribes!
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Directions:
You are to make a cartouche (car-toosh) using
hieroglyphs.
You will write your first name OR last name.
You can choose to write it vertically
(north/south) or horizontally (east/west)
Please be neat!
Who can explain to the
class what we will be
doing?
You will write your first name OR last name.
You can choose to write it vertically (north/south) or
horizontally (east/west)