Report/ Ancient Egypt

Devonn Tearikimana

Walt: write an informational report.

Egypt is located north of Africa their neighbours on the east are Saudi Arabia and Jordan. The Mediterranean sea is north from Egypt but the red sea is east of Egypt.

Contribution to time.

The Egyptians had two contributions to astronomy it was the twenty four hour division of the day and the making of the calendar of three hundred and sixty five days of the year. The Egyptians took night and divided it into twelve parts and then divided daytime into twelve equal parts. They made an  invention called the water clock. it was a container with marks on it. The had a priest called amenemope that was the wenuty. That means he was the hour watcher.

Mummification

The Ancient Egyptians believed in after life. They thought that if someone had died that would come back in the afterlife. First they would take the insides out but not the heart. Then they would salt the body and dry it for forty to fifty days then they would stuff cloth into the body so they would keep shape. Then the body would be oiled and then they would wrap the body up in heaps of bandages tightly. The Egyptians believed that if it wasn't wrapped up tightly it would rot.

Then the priest would come and send the body’s spirit to the next world. he had more jobs as well like supervising the process and touching the body with special instruments. After when the process is done the put the Pharaoh into a stone coffin.

Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics was a type of writing but it was in symbols. They would write hieroglyphics in pyramids and in other places. They also made a list called the king’s list. That list was for all the fallen pharaohs that passed away in order.