introduction to history
Ancient Egypt Research Topics
Your mission: to choose one of the following topics and develop a paper .
Due Date: 30/04/14. Be prepared to share your results to the class on 7/5/14.
1. Daily Life
How does the lifestyle of an ancient Egyptian peasant compare to the lifestyle of a present-day Egyptian peasant?
2. Pyramids
How are the pyramids similar and different from present-day buildings and building methods in Egypt?
Explain how the Egyptians could have reduced friction while transporting the huge limestone blocks to build the great pyramids.
Using the technology available during that time period, describe a creative method that would lift the huge limestone blocks that helped to build the great ancient pyramids.
Explain how the methods used by the Egyptians to build the great pyramids compare to the methods used by ants when building their great structures.
3. King Tut and His Tomb
How would the present-day professional explain the numerous premature deaths associated with the excavation of King Tut’s tomb: physician, historian, philosopher, detective, archeologist, chemist, geologist, paleontologist, and you?
Describe what it would be like to be the mummy of an ancient Egyptian leader buried in a great pyramid, include all five senses, emotional feeling, and thought, along with the causes of these.
Start with the beginning of the mummification process, through three days after the closing of the tomb.
Explain how tombs of today might have evolved from the ancient Egyptians
4. Religion: Gods and Goddesses
Explain the religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Egyptians.
Discuss the important Egyptian gods and goddess.
Compare and contrast 2 of these gods with other ancient civilizations (i.e. Aztecs, Greeks, and Romans).
Is there any influence of these gods on modern day religions?
5. Great Sphinx
How was the great Sphinx built and why?
Compare the Great Sphinx to five monuments of today, include the methods and
Your mission: to choose one of the following topics and develop a paper .
Due Date: 30/04/14. Be prepared to share your results to the class on 7/5/14.
1. Daily Life
How does the lifestyle of an ancient Egyptian peasant compare to the lifestyle of a present-day Egyptian peasant?
2. Pyramids
How are the pyramids similar and different from present-day buildings and building methods in Egypt?
Explain how the Egyptians could have reduced friction while transporting the huge limestone blocks to build the great pyramids.
Using the technology available during that time period, describe a creative method that would lift the huge limestone blocks that helped to build the great ancient pyramids.
Explain how the methods used by the Egyptians to build the great pyramids compare to the methods used by ants when building their great structures.
3. King Tut and His Tomb
How would the present-day professional explain the numerous premature deaths associated with the excavation of King Tut’s tomb: physician, historian, philosopher, detective, archeologist, chemist, geologist, paleontologist, and you?
Describe what it would be like to be the mummy of an ancient Egyptian leader buried in a great pyramid, include all five senses, emotional feeling, and thought, along with the causes of these.
Start with the beginning of the mummification process, through three days after the closing of the tomb.
Explain how tombs of today might have evolved from the ancient Egyptians
4. Religion: Gods and Goddesses
Explain the religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Egyptians.
Discuss the important Egyptian gods and goddess.
Compare and contrast 2 of these gods with other ancient civilizations (i.e. Aztecs, Greeks, and Romans).
Is there any influence of these gods on modern day religions?
5. Great Sphinx
How was the great Sphinx built and why?
Compare the Great Sphinx to five monuments of today, include the methods and