By Ms. Shellenberger s Second Graders

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1 Ancient Egypt By Ms. Shellenberger s Second Graders Stony Point School October 2007

2 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.

3 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.

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5 We kept Chicken Tut in this box in the basement.

6 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.

7 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.

8 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

9 Isis Great magician Goddess of Egypt Famous for her magic Woman with vulture head-dress Solar disk between pair of horns By Haylee Hutchins

10 Bastet Cat goddess Daughter of Re Goddess of fire cats Home of the pregnant women Woman with head of domestic cat By Gracyn Goldstein

11 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

12 Hippo Nile River Goddess of childbirth Protected expected mothers Ammut part hippo people feared Most popular goddess of the household By Shep Burris

13 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

14 Sphinx Mythical creature Guards Khafre s tomb Body of recumbent lion Head of ram, falcon, person Invented by the Ancient Egyptians By Camille Blaine

15 Lotus Religious flower Adored by Egyptians Egyptians sung for lotus Observed as a national plant Belonging to the waters of Nun By Simran Shah

16 Thoth Unusual god God of learning Man with ibis head Worshipped widely throughout all Egypt Created himself through power of language By Madelyn White

17 Eye of Horus Lost by Horus Battle to avenge father Most powerful symbol in Egypt Called the wadjet or healthy eye By Caleb Cassell

18 Cleopatra Very smart Queen of Egypt She was not beautiful 18 when she became queen Her face was on ancient coins By Chamiqua Chambers

19 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

20 Nef Snake god Lived on Earth Shed skin and poisonous Represented many gods and goddess Known for creation, regeneration and protection By Lucian Talyor

21 Necropolis Ancient cemetery Egyptian burial place Place of ancient civilizations Cemeteries outside of large towns Necropolis built for many reasons By Parker DeVillier

22 Scarab Dung Beetle Depicted the sun Rolled balls of dung Rolled sun across the sky Beetle in several Egyptian art work By Jazmen Fitch

23 Ancient Step pyramid Six separate layers Several layers of stone Contained a 90 foot shaft Led to underground chambers and passageways By Duncan Miller

24 Sobek Large crown Crocodile headed man Bodyguard to the gods Has strength of the pharaoh Protected the pharaoh from evil magic By Danny Talbert

25 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

26 ankh Sun rising Symbol of life Cross with a loop Known as the Egyptian cross Gods carry or hold across chest By Nan Myers

27 Gold Cobra Statue Feared and respected Had dangerous magical powers Egyptian gods are seen wearing Re gave gift of possible destruction By Grant Beretz

28 Anubis Jackal head God of mummification Path through the underworld Carved on most ancient tombs Hunted at edge of the desert By Sukhmai Kapur

29 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

30 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

31 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 M mummy N Nile hard Y vowel Y vowel Y you, rayon use hieroglyph for long E in words like ready and Mary 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.

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