Egypt pt.2

2/6/20

The Writing and the Words of God

• Earliest Egyptian writing formed c. 3100 B.C. and were small pictures known as hieroglyphics
• Egyptian script was usually written in ink on papyrus, which was made from mashed Nile reeds
• Papyrus, the precursor to paper, was stored in scrolls and these scrolls were the books of ancient Egypt

Calendars and Sailboats

• Egyptian astronomers created a calendar with 12 months and 365 days to make better sense of the seasonal cycles
• Due to their excellent knowledge of human anatomy, Egyptian doctors wrote extensively on health issues and created potions and cures for a number of common ailments
• Wooden sailboats were constructed to increase transportation ability on the Nile

Pyramids and Temples

• The pyramids were massive stone tombs, originally covered in marble, but the marble was later stripped off during the Muslim conquest
• The Temple of Amon at Karnak is the largest religious building in the world, also made out of huge blocks of stone
• Stone sculptures and interior painting depicted humans and gods in a series of regulated poses, often in profile and without perspective, but were highly effective

• cataracts- rapids in the Nile
• Nile is 4,100 miles long
• Temple of Amon at Karnak- largest religious temple in the world
• Rosetta Stone- granodiorite stele discovered in 1799 which is inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt in 196 BC
• ^^^ Jean Francois Champallion discovered it