Egyptian+Afternoon

===Write the topic and the most interesting/meaningful concept from the reading **Looking Upward/How Did They Do It:** The Egyptians had to transport obelisks that weighed 450 tons! **Hailey, Kristina, Jessica, and Rachael** **"The Writing Stone"** The Rosetta Stone was found in a small village. This is ironic since it was an important thing but hidden in a small town. **Shannon, Deepa, Emily "The Egyptian Bearded Lady"** Women had equal rights unlike most of the other anceint civilizations. **Shannon, Deepa, and Emily "Paint that Paper"** The hieroglyphic alphabet had 750 signs which is the polor opposite of our 26 letter alphabet. **Shannon, Deepa, and Emily** **"Looking Upward"&"How Did They Do That?"** Obselisks were built in honor of Re, the sun god. They were so high up, it was as if they they were reaching for the sun. **Shannon, Deepa, and Emily** **Paint that Paper:** The Egyptians did not write vowels. **Rachael, Hailey, Kristina, and Jessica** Papyrus could be used for wreaths, sandals, boxes, boats, ropes, and paper. **Sunny, Umit, Henry** **Looking Upward**: The obelisks depicted scenes from everyday life, animals, models of people, jewelry, glass figures, containers, and were decorated with hieroglyphics. Umit, Sunny, and Henry **The Write Stone:** The Rosetta Stone was carved in 196 B.C., and was hidden until 1799 when the French soldiers found it. **Jessica, Kristina, Hailey, and Rachael** **The Write Stone:** Jean-Francois Champillion deciphered the hieoglyphics. -Henry, Sunny, Umit **The Egyptian Bearded Lady**: Hatshepsut disappeared in 1458 B.C. ~ **Rachael, Kristina, Jessica, and Hailey** **The Egyptian Bearded Lady:** Hatshepsut was portrayed with a beard. ~ Umit, Henry, and Sunny **"The Write Stone"** The lanuage was deciphered to mean phonetic sounds. "The Egyptian Bearded Lady" Hatshepsut sometimes wore a fake beard. " Paint that Paper" Papyrus was used for many things like boats, sandals, paper and boxes. "Looking upwards"/"How did they do that" The Sphinx was once very colorfull beautiful. -Cody, Stephen Austin Mike===