Senet Robin Burke GAM 206 Outline o Quizzes

Senet Robin Burke GAM 206

Outline o Quizzes o Egypt, continued o Senet

Analysis Paper o due today

Social Organization o Court o royal family o multiple wives / concubines o advisors / ministers o Priesthood o mostly hereditary o secluded in temples and religious cities o embalmers o Commoners o farmers o artisans o Slaves o usually foreigners captured in battle o could hold important jobs

Egyptian Technology o Egyptians were great builders of stone and brick o pyramids o temples o wood was rare and very precious o Egyptians had very advanced medicine o much admired and copied by the Greeks o Egyptians developed mathematics o especially geometry and surveying o Erotosthenes (276 -194 BCE) measured the circumferences of the earth

Egyptian Religion o Religion was very concrete o Images of the gods were the gods o They had to be fed, robed, sung to, praised, and otherwise cared for o Gods expected perfection o Religion was not particularly public o There were regular public rituals o Temples were built to exclude common people o especially from the innermost holy places o Many of the rituals were secret knowledge o severe penalties for disclosure

Gods o Amun-Ra o o national god of Egypt identified with the pharaoh sun god bringer of life, creator o Osiris o order and virtue o killed by Seth and resurrected o god of the dead o Isis o wife and sister (!) of Osiris o Horus o son of Osiris after his rebirth o represented as a falcon o Seth o god of evil and disorder

Afterlife o Egyptian beliefs very influential o some argue Christian views derive from them o After death o join with the Amun-Ra when setting o travel through the underworld o soul would be judged o passing through 12 "houses" o reward o eternal life o rising with the sun god

o Group 1 Groups o o Baio, Brian A Saulsberry, Daniel S Shusterich, Jeffrey J Stull, R. Alexander o o Rady, Brad W Shilander, David Leo Smythe, Geoffrey R Wiemeyer, Ryan J o o Mc. Nulty, Joseph Patterson, George Rothrock, Drew Salzman, Christopher M o o Hsiao, Matt C Libman, Jeffrey R Lubinski, Tommy Stanley Mammana Lupo, Anthony o Group 2 o Group 3 o Group 4 o Group 5 o o Hoffman, Bryan M Kelly, Donnell D Kostelnik, Anthony J Lazar, Matthew D o o Cao, Shengnan Keiser, Steven DC Koller, Kenneth R Kolodziejski, Kamil o o Allen, John M Alongi, Anthony J Bodenburg, Sklyer Guida, Nicholas T o Group 6 o Group 7