Ancient Egypt

By

Ms. Shellenberger’s Second Graders

Stony Point School

October 2007

We dedicate this book

to

the people of Ancient Egypt

and

the historians

that provided us with information

so we could learn

about this great

civilization

and

the people who want

to learn more

about

Ancient Egypt.

Process for Mummification

First we bought a chicken, then we named it Chicken Tut. We poured salt on the chicken and inside of the

chicken. It smelled a lot. Then we wrote the date.

After that, we wrote the weight and the circumference

of the mummy. Every Monday, we changed the salt and

weighed it and measured its circumference. It took

about 7 weeks to dry out. When it is dried, we will clean

the body and rub salt and spices all over the body. Then,

we will wrap it in linen and place it in the sarcophagus for

the after life with a few things with it.

We kept Chicken Tut in this box in the basement.

Process for Sarcophagus

First, two of us taped up some cardboard. We made

paper mache. We took old newspaper scraps, dipped it in

and put it on the sarcophagus. We let it dry and then we

put on more paper mache. We built up the face and we

punched holes for the eyes. And then we painted it to

look like solid gold.

When Ms. Shellenberger told us that we could study

ancient Egypt, we started a brainstorm list of all the

things we knew about Egypt and all the things we wanted

to know.

Egypt

Water clock

Bowel-shaped clock

Appearing early 4000 B.C.

Time keeper operated by water

Oldest time measuring instrument found in Egypt By Lauren Haggard

Isis

Great magician

Goddess of Egypt

Famous for her magic

Woman with vulture head-dress

Solar disk between pair of horns By Haylee Hutchins

Bastet

Cat goddess

Daughter of Re

Goddess of fire cats

Home of the pregnant women

Woman with head of domestic cat By Gracyn Goldstein

Crook

And flail

Signified as royalty

Held across king’s chest

Used at some ceremonial occasions

Carried at reigning pharaoh’s coronation By Reece White

Hippo

Nile River

Goddess of childbirth

Protected expected mothers

Ammut part hippo people feared

Most popular goddess of the household By Shep Burris

Sekhmet

Powerful one

Goddess of war

Head of great lion

Sister and wife of Petah

Created by fire of Re’s eye By Eriq Carter

Sphinx

Mythical creature

Guards Khafre’s tomb

Body of recumbent lion

Head of ram, falcon, person

Invented by the Ancient Egyptians By Camille Blaine

Lotus

Religious flower

Adored by Egyptians

Egyptians sung for lotus

Observed as a national plant

Belonging to the waters of Nun By Simran Shah

Thoth

Unusual god

God of learning

Man with ibis head

Worshipped widely throughout all Egypt

Created himself through power of language By Madelyn White

Eye

of Horus

Lost by Horus

Battle to avenge father

Most powerful symbol in Egypt

Called the wadjet or “healthy eye” By Caleb Cassell

Cleopatra

Very smart

Queen of Egypt

She was not beautiful

18 when she became queen

Her face was on ancient coins By Chamiqua Chambers

Ibis

Long neck

Long-legged bird

Connected with God Thoth

God of writing and mathematics

The scribe of the gods and moon By Jillian Corwin

Nef

Snake god

Lived on Earth

Shed skin and poisonous

Represented many gods and goddess

Known for creation, regeneration and protection By Lucian Talyor

Necropolis

Ancient cemetery

Egyptian burial place

Place of ancient civilizations

Cemeteries outside of large towns

Necropolis built for many reasons By Parker DeVillier

Scarab

Dung Beetle

Depicted the sun

Rolled balls of dung

Rolled sun across the sky

Beetle in several Egyptian art work By Jazmen Fitch

Ancient

Step pyramid

Six separate layers

Several layers of stone

Contained a 90 foot shaft

Led to underground chambers and passageways By Duncan Miller

Sobek

Large crown

Crocodile headed man

Bodyguard to the gods

Has strength of the pharaoh

Protected the pharaoh from evil magic By Danny Talbert

Egyptian

Funeral boat

Made by hand

Used chisels for boat

Buried in the pharaoh’s tomb

Rowed boat along the Nile River By Blake Lilley

ankh

Sun rising

Symbol of life

Cross with a loop

Known as the Egyptian cross

Gods carry or hold across chest By Nan Myers

Gold

Cobra Statue

Feared and respected

Had dangerous magical powers

Egyptian gods are seen wearing

Re gave gift of possible destruction By Grant Beretz

Anubis

Jackal head

God of mummification

Path through the underworld

Carved on most ancient tombs

Hunted at edge of the desert By Sukhmai Kapur

Sound

or

Letter

Example Hieroglyph

Sound

or

Letter

Example Hieroglyph

short

A cat, bar

long

O rose, sew, mow, boat

long

A

make, air,

way, hey OO food, blue

B baby

OO book, push

soft

C nice, circus

P pet

hard

C

camel, sick,

Christmas

QU Q+U sounds like K+W, so combine the K and W

hieroglyphics

CH cheese, catch,

picture R rain

D dog, delta

soft S sit, nice, rats

short

E earn, pet

sharp

S dogs, fission, measure

long

E

be, bleach,

Mary, radio

SH ship, sugar, mission,

friction, machine

F fish, phone,

tough

T tiger

soft

G

gorgeous,

gym, judge

TH

Egyptians had no sound

for TH. D is probably the

closest match.

hard

G girl, ghost

TH

They also didn't have a

sound for the TH in thing.

Closest match is probably

T.

H how, who

short

U cut, about, ugly

short

I hid, bit

long

U rude, food, blue

long I hide, byte

V viper

J jungle, judge

W wind, what, cow

K pick, kid,

technology,

clique

X

X sounds like K+soft S,

so combine the K and soft

S hieroglyphs

L lead, bell

hard

Y you, rayon

M mummy

vowel

Y

use hieroglyph for long E

in words like ready and

Mary

N Nile

vowel

Y

use hieroglyph for short

and long I in words like

gym and byte

short

O dog, all, shawl

Z zebra, dogs, fission,

Xerox

We loved making our names in hieroglyphics. We used a gold

pen because there was a lot of gold there.