https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5 Mythology - Mrs. Burch en-us 2017-10-11 15:29:15 UTC 2025-09-30 19:04:00 UTC hello@padlet.com jensegavet https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196077503 Cleopatra was not Egyptian. She was a Greek Macedonian]]> 2017-10-11 15:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196077503 jensegavet https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196079331 Egyptians loved to play board games. Games such as:
- Mehen
-Dogs and Jackals
-Senet; was the favorite and it mimics a modern version of checkers. Below is a picture of Nefertari playing Senet. ]]> 2017-10-11 15:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196079331 jensegavet https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196089111 Egyptian women enjoyed the same financial and legal freedom as men. They were able to buy and sell property, serve on juries, enter into legal contracts and gain equal pay for equal work.]]> 2017-10-11 15:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196089111 jensegavet https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196106078 The pharaoh's were fat.
The Egyptian diet of beer, wine, bread and honey was extremely high in sugar. Egyptian art was depicting how pharaoh wanted to be seen. Exams on mummies have proven that the rulers were overweight and unhealthy]]> 2017-10-11 16:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196106078 jensegavet https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196107650 The pyramids were built by paid laborers, not slaves.
Evidence has shown that the pyramids were built by paid laborers. They were skilled artisans. Some of the graffiti found around the pyramids showed that they had a sense of humor about their work. They named their crews names like, "Drunkards of Menkaune" and "Friends of Khufu".]]> 2017-10-11 16:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196107650 jensegavet https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196116980 BOTH men and women wore makeup in ancient Egypt. 
They believed that wearing makeup protected them from the gods Horus and Ra. They ground up malachite and galina into kohl and smeared it around the eyes.]]> 2017-10-11 16:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196116980 jensegavet https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196134826 2017-10-11 17:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196134826 jensegavet https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196135386 Egyptian gods and goddesses were worshipped for 3000 years]]> 2017-10-11 17:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196135386 jensegavet https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196139967 Egyptians worshipped Cats. Cats had their own temples and were cared for by the priests. They were also granted burial rights and burial tombs just like the pharaohs. Mafdet and Bastet were the cat goddess.]]> 2017-10-11 17:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196139967 jensegavet https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196142352 Khepri was the god whose head was a scarab. The scarab symbolized the sun, resurrection, transformation and protection. It is one of the most powerful symbols in Egyptian mythology.]]> 2017-10-11 17:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196142352 jensegavet https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196144793 Thoth was the moon god. He is the god of wisdom, magic, music, astronomy, geometry, drawing and writing. He was the secretary to Ra in the underworld.]]> 2017-10-11 17:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jensegavet/kdtmebhfyml5/wish/196144793