Ancient Egypt

On Thursday we started out Ancient Egypt Unit in Western Civilization. We learned about the lives of the Egyptians, the architecture including the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids of Giza, the ranks in social class, the ancient Gods and Goddesses, and the kinds of art and literature the Egyptians used. We learned that the Pyramids contained lots of hidden passageways and corridors to prevent tomb raiders from stealing the treasures of the buried Pharaoh. We also learned that the people who built the pyramids actually volunteered to build the structure, in contrast to the many textbooks that show slaves doing backbreaking work for the Egyptians.
The writing of the Ancient Egyptians was called Hieroglyphics, and usually only scribes could decipher it. The art was 2-dimensional figures usually doing some kind of task or telling a story. Egyptians had not developed that kind of deception yet.
We learned that the Pharaoh was considered a God by the Egyptians. They were really well respected, until something bad happens. They would only trust the Pharaoh until something bad happened to the community.