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Class Notes:

• Gods and Goddesses Presentation
• Quizlet part 1
• Quizlet part 2
• Egyptian Dead
• Quizlet on Gods and Goddesses (all)

Class Assignments

• Egyptian Timeline
• Gods Compare and Contrast Chart
• Egyptian Death Journey
• Egyptian Death Journey practice
• Book of the Dead animation
• Escape the Pyramid of Doom Challenge
• Alternate Ending to "The Doomed Prince"
• "Stargazing in Ancient Egypt" Article
• "Stargazing in Ancient Egypt" Questions

Other Handouts:

• Egyptian Numbers
• Hieroglyphics

 

Test Review

First of all, review the powerpoint notes. There will be matching of the gods from these notes. These are the gods you will need to know by discription:

Osiris - green
Anubis - jackyl head
Ammut - crocodile head
Horus - falcon head
Set - donkey/pig mix
Hathor - cow head
Thoth - ibis head
Bast - cat head
Hapy - blue
Sekhmet - lion head

Know the gods that were pharaohs (this is their chronological order):
Ra
Osiris
Set
Horus

Be able to fill out The Journey of the Dead handout.

Review the stories that we have read. most are online above if you missed any. The only one not online above is the Osiris, which is in our text book and needs to be scanned.

Hieroglyphics are NOT on the test.

"Stargazing..."

• Pyramids and obelisks may have been modeled after zodiacal lights and sun pillars.
• Sothis is better known to us as Sirius.
• Egyptian graves face the rising sun.
• The sun's rays transported kings to heaven.

For the extra credit on the test, you may want to figure out the connection to Egyptian mythology for one of these:

 

Cartouches are set heiroglyphics to represent a person's name. Thanks to Aiden for finding these cartouches:

Click it to see a larger image.

Click to see a larger image of Moon Knight making an Egyptian mythology allusion after kicking Hunter Moon's butt with a baseball bat in Moon Knight #3.

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Stories read in class:

Isis and Osiris - If you missed the in-class reading, get it from these stories:

• The Story of Ra - part 1
• The Story of Ra - part 2 (Sound Board)
• The Birth of the Year

The Search for Osiris - If you missed the in-class reading, get it from this story:

• Osiris and Set: Brothers at War

Horus the Avenger - If you missed the in-class reading, get it from this story:

• Horus and Set: Isis Strikes Back

Other Stories

• The Doomed Prince
• The Spirit of the Dead
• Egyptian Cinderella
• The Prince and the Sphinx

 

Play Senet

Senet is a backgoammon-esque style board game that the egytpians played. It is said that Khonshu and Thoth often played it and gambled while doing so.

Lutanho

The Doomed Prince Alternate Ending

Since "The Doomed Prince" has lost the original ending, we wrote one ourselves. It had to fit the prophecy and be about 3/4 page handwritten.

2008 Winner - Dillon Howard
2018 Winner - Jake McBroom
2022 Winner - Neenah Wagoner

 

These superheroes have Egyptian mythology backgrounds:

Pictured above are: Living Pharaoh (Akasha Martinez), Indestructible Man, Isis (Adrianna Tomaz), Osiris (Cadre of the Immortal), Birdman, Black Adam, Artemis of Bana-Mighdall, Cleopatra, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Khonshu, Moon Knight, Isis, Brother Power, Kemit Kutie, Kid Pharaoh, Wargod, Krakos the Egyptian, Earth Lord, Skyhawk, Wind Warrior

Want to know more about them? Go to (and scroll down) http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/comic_collage.html

 

Egyptian Mythology Links

• Ancient Egypt: The Mythology
• God Checker
• Encyclopedia Mythica
• Detailed heiroglyphics explanation
• Tour Egypt

Egyptian Mythology Movies