Today in class we didn't do much. It was a class so that all the kids who were absent could catch up on the stuff they missed. They could finish notes in the textbook, take a quiz, or catch up on notes from the PowerPoint. I finished taking notes on the PowerPoint so here they are.
- the earliest writing formed 3100 B.C, small pictures known as hieroglyphics
- script was written in ink on papyrus, made from mashed Nile reeds.
- papyrus, precursor to paper, stored in scrolls, books of ancient Egypt
- created calendar with 12 months and 365 days to make sense of seasonal cycles.
- due to knowledge of human anatomy, Egyptian doctor wrote extensively on health issues and created potions and cures for a number of common ailments
- wooden sailboats made to increase transportation ability on Nile.
- pyramids were massive stone tombs, originally covered in marble, later stripped off during Muslim conquest
- Temple of Amon at Karnak is the largest religious building in the world, made out of huge stone blocks
- stone sculpture and interior painting depited humans/gods in series of regulated poses, in high profile with perspetcive, higjly effective.
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