Egypt
Use your notes and
resources to answer the following questions.
Write in complete sentences and support your answers with specific
details and examples. Write neatly on
notebook paper and proofread your answers for content and mechanics.
1.
In the summer of 1888, an Egyptian farmer was
working in the desert near the town of Beni Hasan. One day he dug a hole and accidentally made
an incredible discovery. Just under the
surface of the desert lay thousands and thousands of cat mummies. They had been lying there undisturbed for
more than two thousand years. Why did
the Egyptians mummify so many cats?
2.
Why were
certain animals chosen to be totems?
3.
All along the
Nile River, people revered cats, ibises,
hawks, beetles, crocodiles, asps, jackals, tilapia, ichneumons (the Greek
name for the African Mongoose), and
falcons. Select one of these animals
and write a short essay explaining why you chose that particular animal as your
Egyptian totem. Consider its physical qualities,
traits, habitat, diet, powers of
instinct, communication, protection, and legends involving that animal. What does that animal symbolize to you? Use your notebook to write 10 adjectives
describing the animal you chose. Write 5
verbs relating how it moves, eats, hunts, defends, communicates, sleeps,
etc.
Design a 2-D
or 3-D work of art to honor your totem in a style similar to traditional
Egyptian art.
4.
Identify each
of the following and explain what is important about that person, place, or
thing in the context of Egyptology. Make
sure you distinguish between fictional and factual characters, places, and
things.
1.
Bubastis (see also Zagazig)
2.
Bastet
3.
Isis
4.
Ra
5.
Amenemhet I
6.
Herodotus
7.
Nile
8.
Ra
9.
Sekhmet
10.Ibis
11. Tutankhamen
12.Osiris
13.Herodotus
14.Juvenal
15.Anubus
16.Cyrus
17.Cheops
18.Apep
19.Ptolemy
20.Pharaoh
5.
Select your
favorite Egyptian god, goddess, or place.
Read at least three Egyptian myths from various sources which involve
your selection in some way, either as a main character or as a setting. Identify the key characters and summarize the
message or theme of each myth.
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