Aten+worshippers

This group is for Kady, Jay, and Joel. Joel-Blue Jay-Orange Kady-Pink

We should use this as a background instead since they were buried in the valley of the kings. The three objects we are using in the presentation are the pottery(mask), the special art, and a hammer for cravings in stone. I'm bringing in the hammer and mask. You guys are in charge of the art.

For the symbols we need the aten sun disk, crook and fail, ankh found a picture of aten holding ankhs [] Picture of his favorite god and his info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aten

Motto: You only live forever The motto in hierglyphs: http://quizland.com/hiero.mv Don't forget that we are doing the niece of...I don't know how to spell his name, but this nephew still needs a his fake name.

We are doing the nephew of Akhenaten

The name of the dude should be Atenakten. The symbol for Atenakten is the lion. The lion is there because it represents power.

Yo guys, I finished the Eulogy. Edit it and repost it on the wiki. to open it, click on it and then click download.

Guys I edited the Eulogy and I completely changed the introduction. I also changed the font.

Pharaoh Atenakten Atenakten sat in his chair dreaming about the day he would get to be king. Even though he was part of the royal family and an important adviser to king, Atenakten wanted more than a seat in the throne room. He wanted all of Egypt under his command. For most of his life Atenakten had just stared at his cousin Tut in despise hoping he would get his turn to be a pharaoh one day. Of course, this day never came but then Atenakten came up with a plan.

Soon after, Atenakten went to go talk with the vizier and the royal cook. Together they created a fool proof plan that would not only make Atenakten the new pharaoh but it would also give power back to the great god of Aten. Soon after, the pharaoh’s royal vizier traveled to the city of Punt. There he traded beads, metal tools, and weapons for the venom of a poisonous snake and stored it in a canopic jar. One back, Atenakten announced that he was going to have a banquet for his cousin, King Tut for handling his first ten years of power so well.

The next day all of the government, priests, and the royal family came to the banquet dressed in nice linen clothing. Linen clothing was very precious fabric worn in ancient Egypt. Only wealthy people could afford it. Just before the banquet had started, Atenakten prayed to the lion god Xelio. Xelio was the god of power and Atenakten hoped that on this night he would be brought into power. While everybody was eating, the vizier excused himself from the table and gave the canopic jar filled with the venom of the snake to the cook to add to King Tut’s glass of wine. The cook mixed the wine with the venom, handed it off to a servant, and was then served to King Tut. Soon after the banquet, King Tut wandered off to his bedroom to lie down.

The following morning, Atenakten was furious when he found out that the Pharaoh was still alive. Atenakten had a feeling that King Tut would survive. After all, it was him who told the cook to put just a little bit of the venom so as to not change the color of the wine. Atenakten then realized what could get rid of Tut once and for all. Atenakten traveled to the local artisan’s house and demanded a hammer. The artisan could not object since Atenakten was from the royal family and he was in highest class of the social structure. In the New Kingdom, pharaohs ruled supreme. Their word was law and they were believed to be gods. Government officials were next. They were assistants to the pharaoh and carried out their every command. Then came the priests, who oversaw all religious ceremonies. Scribes were the official writers and record keepers. They came before artisans, who are highly skilled laborers who created beautiful artwork. Peasants were the lowest class and are unskilled laborers. He took the artisan’s hammer and put it in a box. He then walked to the He cursed; his cousin was living in a grand house with many servants and fine jewels, how would he ever get past them all. He asked a guard if he was allowed to give a gift to the Pharaoh to help him get better. The guard opened the door and ushered Atenakten in knowing that the two were close cousins.

Atenakten found King Tut sleeping in his room. He seized this moment to open the box and take out the hammer. With his full force, he brought the hammer down on his cousin’s leg and it broke open. Blood was gushing out of his leg. Atenakten hid the box with the hammer inside and started to wail to get the guard’s attention. When the guard entered the room he asked Atenakten what happened. He replied that he entered the room and found King Tut dead with a major leg injury.

It was announced that Atenakten was going to be the next Pharaoh since King Tut’s children were too young. Atenakten decided that he didn’t trust the royal cook and ordered for him to be executed secretly. He only shared this with the vizier. The morning of the execution, the vizier asked the royal cook for wine. After five glasses, the vizier fell asleep. He started sleep-talking about the execution of the royal cook. The royal cook told the guards what happened during the banquet and the day after it. The guards passed the message around and soon everybody in Egypt was against the king. A special team of soldiers of the Egyptian army were picked to do a secret job. They entered secretly to the Pharaoh’s room and quickly covered his mouth with fine linen so he couldn’t scream. One of them held him up and stabbed him with a sword. A normal enbalming ceremony took place and later Atenakten was put into a sarcophagus and was buried in a cliff side.

During this time in history economics changed many lives of the Egyptians. One of the important choices that changed Egypt is when Queen Hatsheput increased trade in Egypt.During this period she traded with many other countries such as Punt. She received ebony, myrrh, ivory, monkeys, leopard skins, gold, and much more. The Egyptians were delighted with these new items for many of the people have never seen them before. Another important part of the Egyptian economy is the production of wheat and barley. This was the main resource that they would trade since they have such and abundant amount of it. Also lots of money was spent on war. At this time bronze weapons were in use. Most of the pharaohs would spend most of the wealth in the kingdom on the getting weapons and expanding the army so they could capture more territory. one problem that Egypt had in the New Kingdom is getting iron. They were struggling to get since there was a low supply of it.

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