Blog Post #5

Hatshepsut is known as one of the most famous female ruler of Egypt. She ruled during the 18th dynasty. She was the daughter of Thutmose I and Aahams. When her father died, her brother, Thutmose II became the Pharaoh. Due to anicent Egypt tradition, Thutmose II was to marry Hatshepsut. Thutmose died shortly after becoming Pharaoh. Hatshepsut had a nephew, but he was too young to take the throne so Hatshepsut became Pharaoh.
Not many people of Egypt approved of Hatshepsut, especially her nephew once he was old enough to be king. So Hatshepsut became “King” of Egypt, dressing as a man. She would wear a kilt and the headdress of Pharaohs; she even wore a fake beard.
Hatshepsut proved herself a worthy ruler. There were no wars in her time as Pharaoh, and there were many expeditions that took place in Somalia. These expeditions were in search for ivory, gold, spices, and animals. There are drawings and inscriptions on the walls of Hatshepsut’s temple, illustrating the expatiation. In the end, Hatshepsut was recognised as an expectable ruler of Egypt. She had a temple built for her in The Valley of the Kings.
Hatshepsut was a politician with enough charisma to keep her rule of Egypt for twenty years. Her experience could only help her so far. She used two excuses to ensure that she stayed a Pharaoh. The first was to tell of her relationship to Tuthmose I, and of her liking of the popular king. She claimed to have been handpicked by her father, above her two brothers and her half-brother. This was enough to secure her rule over Egypt.
Hatshepsut died after ruling over Egypt for twenty-two years. There is no record of how she died but tests on her mummy shows she probably died of a blood infection.

Blog Post #6

In this unit I learned how important the Nile River was to Egyptians and how they used it for farming. I also learned more about the religion, gods and goddesses.

I think it increased because of watching the movie on monuments at the beginning of the unit, it was interesting to learn about how, and why the monuments were built.

I would have liked to learn a bit more about the mythology of ancient Egypt because I found them interesting. I think they all looked cool and had funny names.

I think Egyptians made cool monuments that tourists can go see. There are also lots of mysteries of Egypt that scientist can try to solve.

I do not think studying history is important to me, it’s kind of cool, but mostly it’s just bring. I don’t think it really matters because we live in the present, and the past is behind us.

Blog Post #2

1) Birds, fish and vegetables such as wheat, beans, peas, leeks ect. All came from the Nile.
2) They used papyrus reeds for making paper, and writing styluses.
3) The Nile protected Egypt because attackers would have to travel up the Nile to reach Egypt so the Egyptians could easily defend themselves and attack enemies.
4) The Nile river was important for building large monuments because, Egyptians could carry large stones down the Nile because it was the fastest way to get from place to place.

Blog post #4 monuments

In a depression in the south of Khafre's pyramid in Giza, sits a huge creature with the head of a human and a lion's body. It is known as the Great Sphinx of Egypt. The sphinx is the largest stone statute in the world. It stands in front of the great pyramids of Giza. It is the oldest monumental structure on Earth and is 73.5 meters (241 ft) long, 6 meters (20 ft) wide, and 20.22 m (66.34 ft) high. Scientists believe The Sphinx was built in the Old Kingdom: 2555 BCE to 2532 BCE. Most people believe that the Sphinx was built for the Pharaoh Chafer during his time as Pharaoh. The Sphinx is missing its nose, and it’s ceremonial Pharaohs beard. Some people think that the beard was not part of the original structure because of the lack of damage to the Sphinx’s chin.
The word "sphinx", means 'strangler', was first given by the Greeks to a mythical creature, which had the head of a woman, and the body of a lion. There are many different sphinxes in Egypt, usually with the head of a king in his headdress and the body of a lion.
The Sphinx can be found near the banks of the Nile, facing east. Awhile after the Sphinx was built, the Sphinx was buried in a sand drift. An ancient piece of stone, the Dream Stella, tells a story of a young prince who fell asleep on top of the sand drifts that buried the Sphinx. He dreamed the sphinx talked to him, she sphinx promised the prince he would be king of Egypt if he could clear all of the sand. He was later known as pharaoh Thutmose IV. It is also believed that Ramesses II removed the sand later, the last clearance of sand happened around 1925.

Blog Post #3

Canopic jars are ancient egyptian jars that have lids with the head of a jackal, baboon, human, and falcon.

They were used for mummification of Pharaohs. They held the internal organs of Pharaohs.

Egyptians believed that the person who died would need their organs in the afterlife and that the jars held the organs to give to the person who died in the afterlife.

Blog Post #1

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Introduction to Egypt

1 The Nile River was extremely important to ancient Egyptian's survival
2 The Pyramids were burial places for Pharaohs
3 Egyptians worshiped many different gods and goddesses
4 Egypt is in Africa
5 The Sphinx is a lion with a man's head

1 learn more about Their religion
2 The different Pharaohs
3 natural reasorces and landmarks

Sphinx

1 Carved out of limestone
2 Largest freestanding scupture in the
3 240 feet long and 66 feet high.