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16 Cards in this Set
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Ramses 11 |
Reign as pharaoh lasted 90 years. The body of rameses can be found at a museum in Cairo. |
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Abu Simbel |
Ramses had the temple of Abu Simbel built in the Nubian region of southern Egypt. At the entrance to the larger temple there are four huge statues of Ramses sitting down. They are about 66 feet tall. |
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Pi-Ramesses |
Ramses also built a new capital city of Egypt called Pi-Ramsesses. It became a large and powerful city under Ramses rule, but was later abandoned. |
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Artisans |
Skilled artisans were considered socially superior to common labourers. They learned their art from a master who ensured stylistic continuity in the beautiful objects they created for the living and the dead. |
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Mistress of the house |
Woman of all classes could earn wages, own property and employ workers, but their main role was within the family. |
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Gender roles Men |
Men were the providers of the family, foundation of the home. |
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Gender Roles Women |
Women were the caretakers of the family, the support beams of the home. |
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Mut "The Mother Goddess" |
Queen of goddesses and lady of heaven she went by many names like Maut and Mout. |
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Osiris "The king of living" |
God who controlled death, life, resurrection and afterlife. |
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Ra"The god of sun and Radiance" |
Ruled the sky earth and afterlife. He mixed with other gods like Amun to become more powerful. |
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Hieroglyph |
Mostly only used for religious purposes.
Primarily royalty, priests and civil officials used the language, while everyday people would use the language of Coptic. Priests would use them to write prayers, texts related to the after life, on the walls of their tombs, inside coffins and guides to the afterlife. |
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Egyptian Trade/Slavery
Class System |
1)Pharaoh 2)Nobles 3)Scribes/Craftspeople 4)Slaves/Servants |
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Trade |
Gold, Silver, Copper, Grain Nial River-Traded over seas |
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Cuisine |
Between african and west asian food. Staples were bread and beer, wheat and barley was used to make it. No recipes…Only know the ingredients. |
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Mummification |
Long and expensive ritual only used for kings/Pharaohs They leave heart in because they believe its the centre of intelligence and feeling so will need it in afterlife. Canonic jars were still buried with the mummy to protect the internal organs. |
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Cleopatra |
Considered herself more greek than egyptian. Her and bro didn't have "lover" relationship. Fell in love with Julius Caeser. |
