Go to the Egypt Page: Click Visit Ancient Egypt

Name: ______Period ______

Directions:  From Mr. Z’s Homework Room, click Mr. Z’s Egypt Unit.  Near the top of Mr. Z’s Egypt Unit page click the link directly under the ancient Egyptian sundial. You should now be at the “Egyptian Resources Page”.  This page has all sorts of links you our multi-discipline study of Ancient Egypt.  Read the selections and answer the following questions on this page or on a separate sheet of paper

Part I: Click the heading: “Visit Ancient Egypt”. Click Lesson One: “The Geography of Ancient Egypt”.

1. How many people were in the little boy’s family?

2. The boy decided to take the boat upstream. What were the sails made of?

3. What is linen?

4. He decided he wanted to travel to the Cataract. What is that?

5. He decided he wanted to explore the land. How did he get there?

6. What is a quarry?

7. The boy decided to explore the Quarries in the desert. What is an oasis?

8. What is sandstone?

9. Go to the Quarry – and then “Begin another Journey”. Go “downstream” this time. Continue to the Faiyum. What is the Faiyum?

10. What were the houses made of by the Faiyum?

11. He decided to explore the fertile land. What does irrigation mean?

12. The boy continued to the desert again. And then on to the Oasis. He decided to join the caravan. What animal did he ride?

13. TAKE ANOTHER JOURNEY: Travel downstream to the Delta. The Delta contained lands that were fertile. Continue your journey there. As he went to the fertile lands, what did the girl tell him?

14. Where are the mines located?

15. Go to the mines. What were they mining? 16. Head towards the mines. What type of tracks did the boy follow?

17. Who was the goddess of the turquoise mines?

18. What was the boy in danger?

19. The boy decided to travel back to the Coast. Did he find his brother?

Part II: Continue to Lesson Three: Hieroglyphics. Click “The Cartouche”

20. Write out you first and last name in Hieroglyphics.

Part III: Continue to Lesson Four: King Tut. Click “Who killed Tut?

21. How many years ago did Tut die?

22. Why did they x-ray his body?

23. What did they find?

24. What did his cranium indicate?

25. Who did Horemhad blame for the death of King Tut?

Part IV: Return to the “Egyptian Resources Page”: Click Mr Z’s Best Interactive Site. (It’s at the bottom on the page). After the site loads, click the pyramids. Read the story of the building of the Great Pyramids.

32.What did the four sides of the pyramid face?

33. When did the farmers work on the pyramids?

34. What were the ramps built of?

35. What were the ramps used for?

36. Were the ramps always one size or place? Explain.

37. What is the Electrum?

38. Return to the temple page and click: Explore. Click the diagram of the pyramid. What happens, what does it tell you?

39. What was placed on the pyramid when it was finished? DESCRIBE in DETAIL