Question:
I have an Egyptain report and I can't think of a topic!! Im talking about rulers,mummification,and mathimatics
.:.Elisa Ramirez.:.
2007-01-12 20:19:29 UTC
I need a topic...HELP!
Twelve answers:
oldguy
2007-01-12 20:28:36 UTC
nobody really talks about Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh. here's a couple of sites:

http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/hatshepsut.html

http://www.egyptologyonline.com/hatshepsut.htm

http://www.specialtyinterests.net/female.html

http://www.bediz.com/hatshep/story.html
The Author
2007-01-12 20:29:11 UTC
You actually have NAMED three topics -- Egyptian rulers (the pharaohs), mummification (what they did to prepare the bodies of people who died), and the Egyptians' use of mathematics.



Pick a topic that interests you. I bet you've covered all of these topics in class. The teacher probably wants you to research one topic of interest and write your report. Think about all the things that were covered in class about Egypt and then pick something that you'd like to read more about.



Good luck!
rhea777
2007-01-12 22:51:04 UTC
This is an awesome topic to do a report on....i think the child pharo wud be a kool subject to look into which comes under the rulers of egypt or even cleopatra herself now there is heaps to write about her.
mikea
2007-01-12 20:38:05 UTC
i studied egypt in social studies this year and i learned alot! for a easy topic do somthing on thieir paper papayrus and the written language.for a hard topic the process king tut when through to become king. i dont know much about mathmatics but i do know about mummifcation and u DO NOT want 2 do a report on it , it would not be long enough to be a report.
Rossenrot
2007-01-12 21:39:21 UTC
You can talk about the pyramids, 'cause they are tombs and u can say for the different believes for the curses that are guarding the entrance and the tunnels that are supposed to confuse u and make u lost in there, u can say something about Tutankhamen, cause he is the most famous pharaon....u can actually search something in www.wikipedia.org and u can find something good there, I'm sure :)
April
2007-01-12 20:43:00 UTC
For lots of stuff, try: Tutankhamun, Rosetta Stone, Hieroglyphics, Ramses I-VII, Cleopatra, Ptolomy dynasty, for interesting stuff, try, Horemheb, Hapsetshut, Akenaten, Nefertiti, King Zoser, Imhotep, (super interesting guy -- really the father of modern medicine... this guy invented instruments that were re-invented 2000 years later. any surgeon would recognize the stuff he used!!!!!!!! He figured out how to sew up wounds, and realized that the cleaner they were, the better they would heal--- super person to find out about)
Carlene W
2007-01-12 21:35:23 UTC
Mummification would be interesting to write about or limit it to one like King Tut. Whatever you pick research it thoroughly and make it interesting to your teacher.
Aly
2007-01-12 20:52:26 UTC
My Friend,

i am Egyptian from Alexandria - Egypt and i can help you to make your report but i need more details about this report to be a useful help
james bond
2007-01-12 21:03:10 UTC
you should doe it on ramss the great.And say that when they mummified someone they pulled the brain out frew the nose, and also if the iner siecofise was mad out of wood you would know that person way rich.
twinsline7
2007-01-12 20:35:06 UTC
do you mean you need a title? or pick one of those topics....



sorry to answer a question with another question.
Hon
2007-01-12 20:24:43 UTC
THOSE ARE GREAT TOPICS. YOU SHOULD FIND A LOT OF INFO ONLINE.
sgt_cook
2007-01-12 20:30:49 UTC
How about this Egyptian king: Also check out this web link, it has some very good information on Egyptian kings. www.touregypt.net/kings.htm - 62k





King Catfish, Also Called Narmer

By Marie Parsons



The unification of Egypt at the end of the Predynastic period took place in two stages: spread of a uniform material culture, as evidenced by the diffusion of products characteristic of the Naqada culture, centered around the city of Naqada, also called Nubt, and the establishment of unified political control. Later Egyptian tradition contains references to the existence of separate northern and southern kingdoms, perhaps at Buto in the Delta and Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt, respectively.



Hierakonpolis has been producing much evidence of its being an important center. It was a major urbanized center of the Naqada culture and a residence of powerful Upper Egyptian chiefs. The two-sided Narmer palette, for example, is interpreted as being a thanks-offering for the successful definitive victory of the southern over the northern kingdoms.



Narmer Palette



King Narmer is thought to have reigned c. 3150 BCE as first king of the 1st dynasty (and/or last king of the 0 dynasty) of a unified ancient Egypt. The rebus of his name as shown on his palette and on other inscriptions is composed of a chisel, thought to be read mr, above a catfish, thought to be read as n'r. King Narmer, or Catfish as he could also be called, appears thus on seal impressions from the 1st Dynasty tombs of King Den (tomb) and King Ka (Tomb) at Abydos (where we believe he may have himself built a tomb), and also at Tell Ibrahmin Awad. Narmer’s name and that of his possible predecessor Scorpion have also been found on pottery vessels from the site of Minshat Abu Omar in the eastern Delta. The name of Narmer also occurs in Hierakonpolis on objects in addition to the Palette and Macehead such as potsherds etc.



Narmer's importance as the probable unifier of Lower and Upper Egypt is indicated primarily by the Palette and the Macehead which are attributed to him. His name-rebus appear on both. But his power in the region must have extended further, since Egyptian sherds inscribed with Narmer's name have also been found and in southern Palestine.



The Narmer Palette was discovered by J.E.Quibell at Hierakonpolis in 1897-98. The obverse is divided into three registers, uppermost of which gives his name in a serekh flanked by human-faced bovines. The second register shows Narmer wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt smiting an enemy. The third register shows dead, nude enemies. On the reverse the upper register showing his name-serekh is repeated. The second register shows Narmer now wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, inspecting rows of nude, decapitated enemies. The third register shows a man mastering serpent-necked lions, and the fourth register shows a bull destroying a town and trampling a dead enemy.



Narmer may have considered Buto as the central capital of the Delta he had just conquered. On his palette is a hieroglyphic group that could be read as Ta Mehu, the later name for the Delta region. Since Narmer is shown with the Red Crown he was thus the first to ascribe this Crown to the entire Delta and thus Lower Egypt. He may have transferred the Red Crown from Nubt/Naqada to represent the entirety of Lower Egypt.



The Narmer macehead, also discovered at Hierakonpolis, has had three interpretations. Petrie's theory, also held by later scholars, was that the mace head depicted the political marriage of Nithotep, princess of the north, with Narmer. Other scholars feel the macehead depicts a celebration by Narmer of his conquest of the north, while still others regard the macehead as commemorating a Sed-festival of the king. Nithotep’s grave has been found at Naqada, with Narmer’s name as well as with King Aha’s name. Nithotep thus is linked with two kings as wife and mother.





Narmer Macehead



Most recently, new studies of the images on the macehead put forth the theory that the scenes are not primarily commemorative but are simply pictorial versions of year-names. The focus of the scene is the king's figure, seen sitting robed in a long cloak enthroned under a canopy on a high dais, wearing the Red Crown and holding a flail. The enclosure within which he sits can be interpreted as a shrine or temple. He is attended by minor figures of fan-bearers, bodyguards, with long quarterstaves and an official who may be either vizier or heir-apparent. In front of Narmer three men run a race towards him, while above them stands four men carrying standards. Facing the king is a cloaked and beardless figure, over whom is a simple enclosure in which stands a cow and calf (a nome sign).



The running figures may represent Muu dancers, long associated with Buto, presenting a welcome to the new lord of the Delta. The seated figure facing Narmer may be the chief of Buto rather than a princess of the Delta.



Beneath these figures are symbols of numbers. The numbers have been recently interpreted to indicate 400,000 cattle, 1,422,000 small animals, and 120,000 men (not women and children, only males.) This would have provided for a total human population of the Delta of perhaps 600,000.



The macehead then commemorates the completion of the conquest of Lower Egypt, not with a royal dynastic marriage etc, but perhaps, with the first Appearance of the King of Lower Egypt, by an actual census of the Delta people, similar to and a precursor of the census taken by William the Conqueror after he won England.



Some scholars speculate that Menes and Narmer may be the same person. Menes is the Greek form of the name of the legendary first human king of Egypt as given by Manetho, the historian living in Hellenistic times who constructed one form of King Lists.



Jar-sealings found by Petrie at Abydos associate the "mn" glyph, the gaming board, from which Menes apparently receives his name, with Narmer. Narmer was shown in a serekh and Meni was shown in an unenclosed space, like a son and heir.



Hor-Aha, the first king of the 1st Dynasty and thus Narmer’s probable successor and possibly his son by Queen Nithotep, perhaps took the second royal name of Men, which means "established", thus being the origin of the name Menes.



Evidence indicating all this is an ivory label from the tomb of Queen Nithotep at Naqada. It shows the name Hor-Aha, and the name Men, in front of it.


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