Why are Ancient Egyptian potteries important?
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they show how people back then lived. they give us clues on what was going on at the time. they help us repiece the past.\n\n\n... is repiece a word??? lol
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A soap-like material found in clay cylinders during the excavation of ancient Babylon is evidence that soapmaking was known as early as 2800 B.C. Inscriptions on the cylinders say that fats were boiled with ashes, which is a method of making soap, but do not refer to the purpose of the "soap." Such materials were later used as hair styling aids. \n\nThe early Greeks bathed for aesthetic reasons and apparently did not use soap. Instead, they cleaned their bodies with blocks of clay, sand, pumice and ashes, then anointed themselves with oil, and scraped off the oil and dirt with a metal instrument known as a strigil. They also used oil with ashes. Clothes were washed without soap in streams. \n\nSoap got its name, according to an ancient Roman legend, from Mount Sapo, where animals were sacrificed. Rain washed a mixture of melted animal fat, or tallow, and wood ashes down into the clay soil along the Tiber River. Women found that this clay mixture made their wash cleaner with much less effort. \n\nThe ancient Germans and Gauls are also credited with discovering a substance called soap, made of tallow and ashes, that they used to tint their hair red.
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In Ancient Egypt there were definite social classes which were dictated by an egyptian's profession. This social stratification is like a pyramid. At the bottom of the "Social Pyramid" were soldiers, farmers, and tomb builders, who represented the greatest percent of the Egyptian population. The workers supported the professionals above them, just as the base of the pyramid supports the rest of the structure. Above the workers were skilled craftsmen, such as artists, who used primitive tools to make everything from carts to coffins.\n    The medical profession of Ancient Egypt had its own hierarchy. At the top was the chief medical officer of Egypt. Under him were the superintendents and inspectors of physicians, and beneath then were the physicians. Egyptian doctors were very advanced in their knowledge of herbal remedies and surgical techniques. Also part of Egyptian medicine were magic, charms, and spells, which had only psychological effects, if any, on a patient. \n    Engineers, with their mathematical and architectural knowledge, were responsible for the planning and building of the monuments, temples, and pyramids of Egypt. The architects were not the actual builders, insttead they were in charge of the branch of government involved. Then men who did calculations, drew up the plans, surveyed the sites, and supervised the work day were scribes. \n    Above the priests, doctors, and engineers were the high priests and noblemen whom the pharaoh appointed as his assistants, generals, and administrators, who together formed the government. The vizier was the pharoah's closest advisor. Finally, at the top of the social pyramid was the pharaoh. The pharoah of egypt was not simply a king and a ruler, but was was considered a god on earth.\n\n    EGYPTIAN HOMES\n\n    Villagers (tomb builders, farmers, and the like) lived in cramped villages with narrow streets near the tombs sites or farmlands. The houses they occupied were made of bricks. The bricks were made of mud and chopped straw, molded and dried in the hot Egyptian sun. These dwellings deteriorated after time, and new ones were built right on top of the crumbled material, creating hills called tells. Only buildings that were meant to last forever were made of stone. \n    The homes themselves were squarish in shape, with a vent on the roof and narrow windows. The front space of hte house was used by the villager for his trade and possibly for keeping some livestock. The living area was shared by the family. There was little furniture save beds and small chests for keeping clothes. The kitchen was at the back of the ouse where there might be an underground cellar for storage. There was no running water and sometimes a single well served an entire town. Egyptian villagers spent most of their time out of doors. They often slept, cooked, and ate atop their houses' flat roofs. \n    Two examples of actually excavated villages were El-Amarna, and Deir el-Medinah. The workers village at El-Amarna was laid out along straight narrow streets, within an boundary wall. The houses were small, barrack-like dwellings, where animals lived as well as people. Many houses had keyhole-shaped hearths and jars sunk into the floor. There was no well in the village and the water had to be brought from some distance away. Life must have been far more pleasant in the village of Deir el-Medina, home to the workers of the Theban royal tombs. There was a single street with ten houses on either side. The houses in this village had three large rooms, a yard and a kitchen, underground cellars for storage, and niches in the walls for statues of household gods.\n    Wealthy Egyptian people had spacious estates with comfortable houses. The houses had high ceilings with pillars, barred windows, tiled floors, painted walls, and stair cases leading up to the flat roofs where one could overlook the estate. There would be pools and gardens, servant's quarters, wells, graneries, stabl
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be clearer man do you want to train in egypt or about eygypt???? what aspect of petrogeology about egypt, be specific (lol) the quality of the answer is dependent on the quality of the question.
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Hi there,\n\nYou must be interested in archaeology. Since there is way too much to say about your topic, here is a link for information on Ancient Greek pottery. \n\nhttp://www.hellenic-art.com/pottery/potteryinfo.htm\n\nGoogle more info on it, go to libraries, museums ect...
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Try Googling "Ancient Egyptian Astronomy". If you're looking for stuff that old, it may be hard to find. That's prehistory, so it's either unrecorded or still in translation - if they've uncovered anything on the subject.\n\nYou might also try National Geographic's website, and perhaps your local science museum may have something as well.
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&*&*&\n\n\nNext to the pyramids, sphinx or other buildings the were working on.\nThink about it, they would awaken and be at work.
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the normal answer would be that, the ancient egyptians are the oldest civilisation on earth older than chritianity. So these eras were the begining of philosphy and researching religion. Religion is almost a science these days , just watch the Di Vinci Code by Dan Brown, and compare this with what our ancestors had to work with. Very primitive, but very impressive if you think about it. \n\nThey had gods for most events, like hunting, death, farming, birth, etc, etc.
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Excellent thought. And for that matter, why didn't God support the Pharaoh Akhenaten when he tried to introduce monotheism to Egypt long before Moses?
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Archaeology is wonderfull science.. I Think you will get a lot of fun and adventurer. You will learning about many different kind religion, because people from the past always have think and created tools by learning from nature and religion. btw I'm graduated from Archaeology departement on University of Indonesia.
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Ancient Greece offers us a wealth in all the areas you listed. Their dramas are still pertinent to this day ie the conflict of divided loyalties as presented in Sophocles "Antigone". We can learn much about human nature by exploring the mythology created by the Greeks as they sought to explain humans and their existence. They produced beautiful as well as utilitarian structures that celebrated life. They became a spring board for the developing mythologies of the East as they endeavored to portray deities as more accessible and supportive.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Ancient_Egyptian_Gods\n\nhttp://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Ancient+Egyptian+Gods&btnG=Search+Images\n\nThis one you might like better\nhttp://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html
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Pyramids (if u're refering to the 7 ancient wonders of the world).
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the egytian desert provides extremely  hot environment . this prevents decay of dead bodies and the process of  mummification is thereby supplemented by it. since the the tombs were relatively cooler than the prevailing conditions in the open they were first dried using salt with the added advantage of the climate then wrapped in linen.then these bodies were buried in tombs built exclusively for the rich and aristocratic.
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seems like you would have no problem finding this (as this information is prolific on the net) if you were really studying Egyptology. Given the scope of your question, I would say go to worldbook online and start there, like I tell my 6th grade students to do.
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pyramids of egypt\nhanging gardens of babylon\nstatue of zeus\nTemple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus \nMausoleum at Halicarnassus \nColossus at Rhodes \nPharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria \n\nmore explanations:\n\nSince ancient times, numerous “seven wonders” lists have been created. The content of these lists tends to vary, and none is definitive. The seven wonders that are most widely agreed upon as being in the original list are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which was compiled by ancient Greek historians and is thus confined to the most magnificent structures known to the ancient Greek world. Of all the Ancient Wonders, the pyramids alone survive. \n\nThe Pyramids of Egypt are three pyramids at Giza, outside modern Cairo. The largest pyramid, built by Khufu (Cheops), a king of the fourth dynasty, had an original estimated height of 482 ft (now approximately 450 ft). The base has sides 755 ft long. It contains 2,300,000 blocks; the average weight of each is 2.5 tons. Estimated date of completion is 2680 B.C. \n\nThe Hanging Gardens of Babylon were supposedly built by Nebuchadnezzar around 600 B.C. to please his queen, Amuhia. They are also associated with the mythical Assyrian queen Semiramis. Archeologists surmise that the gardens were laid out atop a vaulted building, with provisions for raising water. The terraces were said to rise from 75 to 300 ft.\n\nThe Statue of Zeus (Jupiter) at Olympia was made of gold and ivory by the Greek sculptor Phidias (5th century B.C.). Reputed to be 40 ft high, the statue has been lost without a trace, except for reproductions on coins.\n\nThe Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus was begun about 350 B.C., in honor of a non-Hellenic goddess who later became identified with the Greek goddess of the same name. The temple, with Ionic columns 60 ft high, was destroyed by invading Goths in A.D. 262.\n\nThe Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was erected by Queen Artemisia in memory of her husband, King Mausolus of Caria in Asia Minor, who died in 353 B.C. Some remains of the structure are in the British Museum. This shrine is the source of the modern word mausoleum.\n\nThe Colossus at Rhodes was a bronze statue of Helios (Apollo), about 105 ft high. The work of the sculptor Chares, who reputedly labored for 12 years before completing it in 280 B.C., it was destroyed during an earthquake in 224 B.C.\n\nThe Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria was built by Sostratus of Cnidus during the 3rd century B.C. on the island of Pharos off the coast of Egypt. It was destroyed by an earthquake in the 13th century.
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I don't know who the president is, but Egypt is so beautiful and full of history and wonders that have intrigued people for ages. The ancient Egyptians were amazing and you can still see their work today.