Alexandria's+Social+Studies

1. The two stages of mummification are, the embaling of the body and the secon stage is the wrapping and burial of the body. 2.The liver, lungs ,stomach , and intestines are washed and packed in natron which will dry them out. They dont take the heart out because it is the center of intelligence and feeling and the man will need it for afterlife. 3.A natron is a natrual salt used to dry out dead bodies in the mummification process. 4. The embalming process takes about fourty days. 5. Conopic jars are used to hold internal organs, the lids represent four gods called the"four sons of Horus". 6. The material used to wrap the mummies are, wrapped in fine linen. 7. An amulet is a small trinket or charm that was ment to protect the owner from evil spells or actions. 8. The hand is wrapped with an amulet. ﻿Book of the Dead (-10) 9. A cloth is wrapped with a picture of the God Osiris.

1. They wanted a boy as their child because they would look out after their parents even at a old age.
2. If the parents didnt want their baby then they would be left outside.If someone found the baby then they could adopt it or make it as their slave. 3.At age 7 the boys would start going to school, Some of the girls were taught at home by their mothers. The boys that went to school didnt get alot of education. The school only had about 20 boys and all the classes were held outdoors. 4.The boys learned Reading, Writing, Arithmetic , Music , and Poetry. 5. The students wrote with wooden tablets covered with soft wax, and they used a pointed stick called a stylus. 6. The device that was used to learn math was an abacus with lots of beads strung on wires with wooden rods. 7. We know childrens toys because of pictures, pottery , and artefacts. The toys they used were small pottery figures, dolls which were made out of rags , rattles , hoops , yo-yo's and many other toys. 8. When the girls got married they were usually 13-16 years old. 9. The kind of work the greek boys did was farming, sailors , fishermen , and craftworkes. 10.The Spartan boys would steal from farmers but if they were caught stealing they would get beaten, for not running fast enough