2015年2月23日星期一

Class Assignment 02/13/15

The First Video (John Green)

  • One of the oldest civilizations
  • Ancient Egypt (3000 B.C. to 332B.C)
  • Nile flooded in every summer 
  • The Nile shaped Ancient Egyptian Culture
  • The Nile was the safest and richest agriculture of the world 
  • Easy to planted 
  • People here use Basin Irrigation
  • Hieroglyphics for sacred writing, and demotic script for contracts and agreements
  • Egyptian communities existed only along the Nile
He talked really fast and include a lot of information about Ancient Egypt, like the old, middle and new Kingdoms.

The Second Video (Pyramid Quest)

  • Pyramid was guarded by Sphinx
  • There is a stone that can be moved on the side of the pyramid of Cheops, it 惨leading you to the inside where the grave is. 
  • The grotto is the least explored area of the pyramid of Cheops
This video is talk about the Pyramid and its history in Egypt.

The Third Video (Mummy)

  • Mummification is developed by ancient Egyptians to preserve body for after life
  • All the internal organs removed, and then body was covered with salt and wait it to dry up, poured oils on him, then covered with wrappings, then put a wooden board under him and cover again, his name was written at the feet

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