Ancient Civilizations/Geography/Art/ English Lesson 3 Research

(Left click the image to the right to see the Ancient Egyptian Alphabet)

Egypt Perimeter:

Roughly 575 miles up on the left side.
Roughly 600 miles across on bottom.
Roughly 775 miles up on right side.
Roughly 575 miles acreoss on top.



Research Report:

Bibliography:


http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/index.htm BEST SITE

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/wr/article/0,28391,55368,00.html

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/lifeinegypt.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002046F/ancient%20egyptian_life.htm

http://www.cosmeo.com/

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Egyptian_gods_and_goddesses

http://www.touregypt.net/gods1.htm

Notes:
Amon/Ra are the central gods.

Akhenaten created a whole new god and said it was the only one.

Amon is sometimes depicted as a nearly invisible blue frog, like the sky, since he is the god of
wind.

Each god has it's own big story.

Seth is rarely found in Egyptian Mythology.

There are lots of minor gods, but no half human, half gods, besides Pharohs (supposedly).

The Egyptians worshipped Greek, and Roman gods at one point.

Some ancient Egyptians were Christian, Islamic, and Jewish.

Anubis god of the dead

Bastet is the Cat goddess.

Sehkmet goddess of fire, war and plague.

Nut is the goddess of sky and stars, mother of gods.

Geb is the green god of Earth.


Horus is the god with falcon's head, god of sun.


Osiris is the god of fertility and Duat.


Isis is the goddess of love, wife of Osiris.


Seth is the god of deserts and evil.


Thoth is the scribe god.


Ma'at is the goddess of truth.


Amun is the god of Thebes, king of gods in New Kingdom.


Wadjet is the goddess of pregnancy and motherhood, goddess in snake form.


Anuket is the goddess of river Nile.


Ra is the god of the sun.