Paintings
Hieroglyphics
Literature
Pottery
Textile and Dye Making
100
Paintings in tombs were used to?
To make the afterlife a pleasant place
100
When were hieroglyphics decoded?
In 1822
100
Was there such thing as a type of literature called religious literature?
Yes
100
Which was built first pottery or pyramids?
Pottery
100
What is one type of fabric they used?
Wool
200
Did they paint pictures of the Afterworld?
Yes
200
Who was the main person that decoded Hieroglyphics?
Jean Francois Champollion
200
What type of literature did they carve in the king's and queen's pyramids?
Old Kingdom literarture
200
Did the Egyptians put pottery into tombs?
Yes
200
What is a type of fabric they used? (Not the same as Textile and dye making 100)
Linen
300
Did they paint gods? Why?
Yes- They painted gods to worship them.
300
What helped Jean Francois Champollion decode hieroglyphics?
The Rosetta Stone
300
How many people in Egypt could read literature? (Percentage)
1-5%
300
What did the Egyptians decorate their pottery with designs of what?
With humans, animals, boats, and different patterns and symbols.
300
When did the Egyptians discover how to dye their fabrics?
In about 2000 BC.
400
In tombs did they paint their lifestyle? Why?
They painted their lifestyle because they wanted to show what that person did or accomplished during life, and to show the gods who was who.
400
How many symbols does hieroglyphics have?
Over 700
400
What type of paper was the Book of the Dead written on?
Papyrus scrolls
400
What was Egyptian pottery originally used for?
Decoration
400
What type of fabric were priests not aloud to wear?
Wool
500
What god did they paint a lot?
Osiris
500
What is the name of the modern type of hieroglyphics?
Rebus
500
What is a recognized item to do with the death of an egyptian in new kingdom literature?
the Book of the Dead
500
What did they use as their "clay"?
They used Steatite
500
What was the most noblest color in Egypt?
Purple
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