Culture Page

Your Culture Project is as follows:

A. Art:

1. Find examples of Egyptian art. Collect images for your presentation.

2. Where is most of the art found? Why?

3. Can you draw any conclusiond about what most of the art is about?

• The Pottery of Ancient Egypt
• Ancient Egyptian Pottery and Ceramics

B. Hieroglyphics:

1. Trace the development of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

2. Describe how papyrus became an Egyptian paper. What did it look like, where did it grow, how did they turn it into paper.

3. Who learned to use hieroglyphics.

4. After collecting information, why do you think this system of writing developed?

Some sites to help you find information on:

• Hieroglyphs
• Ancient Egypt
• Hieroglyphs and Rosetta Stone
• Guide to Hieroglyphics
• Write Like an Egyptian

1. Describes what the houses of the common people of Ancient Egypt were like.

2. What was medicine like for the Ancient Egyptians? Who were the doctors??

3. What was the difference in the daily life of the royalty, priests, the scribes and shop keepers, the peasants and the slaves of Ancient Egypt?

4. What did the people eat? Where was their food grown?

Some sites to help you find information on:

• Egypt: Daily Life
• Culture and Daily Life
• Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
• Links to Daily Life in Ancient Egypt