2/23/15

in the first video it talks about the pyramids and how they have shiny plates over them. There was a big stone that if you moved led to the grave. but finding the stone that moved proved to be very hard so the leader decided to just cut open a hole in the pyramid to get to the tomb. There was no treasure in the pyramids when the royal got in and there was a sarchophogis that didn't have a lid. There are many passages and rooms in the great pyramid. especially since it is just supposed to be a tomb. there is a queens chamber and then another room and it called the subterranean chamber because it is underneath the pyramid. there is a corridor that has a gallery and at the end of the corridor there is a passage that leads to the grotto. There are also shafts an they point north and south.The entrance remains sealed to this very day.

in the second video it starts of with a mummy of a man named heiriclyties and he died in Egypt in the first century he was around 20 years old. Mummification is so that you can preserve the body and the internal organs are taken out except the heart. but in this man the heart was removed and the lungs were in tact. the body was put in salt until all moisture was eliminated. perfume oils were rubbed on the body. and thick layers of resin were used to glue the wrapping strips. there was a mysterious pouch placed on the chest and there was an ibis and the bird was mummified with the human. there was a arge linen cloth wrapped around the mummy and there were paintings on the cloth and his name was written at the feet. due to this mummification process the body is with us today.

in the third video it is john greene talking about egypt. ancient egypt was probably the most influencial on the ancient river valley. The ancient egyptian civilization lasted from 3000 BCE to 332 BCE. the nile was regular and navigable and left very good silt for planting season. egyptian civilizatuons only excisted on the nile. the nile used basin irrigation. So the egyptians got to mke surplus amount sof food and didnt have to do alot of work. the pharoh was very close to a god and was expected to act like a god. rhe pyramids show a lot of controll of the social population. The pyramids were built by alot of peasants and slaves. Since the pharohs were thought of as gods they deserved the best living places. but when draughts started pharohs started and an intermediate period. Hidden gods tend to do well because they are omnipresent and many people devoted their lives to these gods.there was a group that conquered all of egyptians and then they became parts of the egyptians and the the egyptians exiled them. there was on pharoh that was a woman and expanded egypt the most. there was a pharoh that is very similar to kim jung il and he tried to create a new god.