Ma'at

Purple- Sarah Green-Fawjia Red- Mike

__ What we have: __ Three symbols- a scale, scarab beetle, an ankh Picture of Ma'at Expression/motto: Let your ka guide you to your afterlife. (Changed to "Let Ma'at determine if your heart weighs lighter than a feather.") Deity: Gavel (hammer judges use in court) Eulogy

I think our motto should be a little longer and also our pharaoh is from the Old Kingdom, so the sarcophagus should suit that kingdom. Who is our new Pharoh again? And I thought we had a picture of Ma'at so please tell me who it is so I can do research on she/he

We did have a picture of Ma'at but for some reason its gone...... So we will probably be doing Khufu. We need to figure out a lot of information about him. Let's #|get started on this pharaoh [] http://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/khufu.html
 * His greek name was Cheops
 * Most famous for building the Great Pyramid of Giza*
 * His full name was Khnum-Khufwy
 * His pyramid took over twenty years to create
 * His pyramid was one of the seven wonders of the world
 * Not much is known about him, only statue of him that is still present is a small 7.5 cm ivory statue
 * Came to be the Pharoh at around the age of 20
 * His pyramid took over 20 years to complete had over 23,000,000 blocks that weighed 4,500 pounds each
 * Kufu was the first person EVER to build a pyramid at giza
 * Bothers and sisters: Princess Hetepheres, Ankhhaf (oldest brother), Nefermaat (half-brother), Rahotep (half-brother)
 * Had sons and daughters
 * 23 years of reign
 * Died 2566 BC
 * Second ruler of the 4th dynasty
 * In the great pyramid a 143 foot long boat was found, people believe it was made for Kufu
 * Boat was discovered in 1954
 * Kufu's tomb was robbed like many others so little is known about him
 * Base of his pyramid was 13.1 acres
 * His pyramid was 481.4 feet tall

I drew the top part of the sarcophagus so far. I will take a picture of it and post it if I can. We can change things that you guys don't like tomorrow. I will draw the gavel, scarab beetle, ankh, and scale. I will draw the pyramids too. Khufu's main accomplishment were the pyramids. Pyramids have to do a lot with religion, economic structure, and the #|classes of people. I will also leave space for the expression/motto we need to write it in hieroglyphs but I already translated the alphabet so you do not have to do that. If you guys want to add something else please post it before about 8. And Mike you did a great #|job that will help us in the sarcophagus and the eulogy.

I finished the eulogy and the poster.

__ Eulogy: __ Dear friends and family, we are gathered here today to honor the great pharaoh, Khufa. He reigned over his land during the 4th dynasty for more than twenty-three years and sadly passed away in 2566 BC. Khufa was the brother of Khufu, Ankhhaf, and his sister Princess Hetepheres. He also had two half brothers Nefermaat and Rahotep, but they always thought of him as part of them. And now with him sadly gone, life will never be the same for them. When Khufu tragically passed away, the throne was given to his brother instead of one of his sons. Khufa has given us many contributions and his most famous one was the Great Pyramid of Giza which he built for his own remembrance and life after death. This pyramid was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. And this beautiful work of architecture and artwork took him about twenty years to build with 23,000,000 blocks that weighed about 4,500 pounds each. He started building almost directly after becoming pharaoh and The Great Pyramid of Giza is where his body will now lay. And with the good part of the pyramid, comes the bad, we believe that such a big monument may easily be raided and destroyed. And with that we fear someday Egyptians will not even know who he is because all of what he is remembered by may be gone, forever. But we do have respect and let him and his belonging lay where he intended them to be. On Khufa’s sarcophagus you will see an ankh, a scarab beetle, and a scale. All of these symbols are based off of his favorite goddess, Ma’at. Ma’at is the goddess of order, law, I mortality, and justice and those were all things he believed were important in an Egyptian society. An ankh would represent i mortality since it is the key of life, a scarab beetle would also represent i mortality because it is about creation, and a scale would represent law and justice since it weighs your heart. On the sarcophagus you will also notice a gavel and pyramids. The gavel is a newly created deity also based off of Ma’at because she is the goddess of law and justice. A gavel would usually be used in court and that is where you would hear the words “law” and “justice”. Last, pyramids would be symbols because Khufa built the Great Pyramid of Giza. At the bottom of the sarcophagus written in hieroglyphics, it says “Let Ma’at determine if your heart weighs lighter than a feather.” This motto is supposed to help Khufa in his afterlife because since Ma’at is his favorite goddess he believes that she is very powerful. Khufa was a pharaoh in the Old Kingdom period. He was believed to be the sun god, Ra. People may not remember him that well because he was a cruel leader. Not much is known about him, but there is a small seven and a half centimeter ivory statue of him. Without a doubt, King Khufu impacted Egypt. He contributed to us by building the Great Pyramid of Giza. Even though he was a cruel king, he will always be in our thoughts. May Osiris weigh his heart fairly in the afterlife.

Oh my god Sarah... You did great. We need to print out a copy for us and one for Mrs. Hentz. You are a lifesaver! I will go through your eulogy and add things or edit things in my color. If you think we need to add it then you can. It is just wonderful. Good job, really! I was going to do it but you are amazing! I was thinking about making a paper ankh. Mike and James can do the mouth opening ceremony. During the ceremony they would open the mouth so the body would be able to use all 5 senses in their afterlife.We need to get ready for the presentation. And please if you can... please post a picture of the poster. If you have any other ideas for the presentation just post it or you can call me and tell me. And about the paper ankh, I will make one just in case if we use it and we can decide later in class. I added some stuff to the Euology, I hope you guys like is tell me if there is anything I should change/do -Mike