This presentation is about EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION

1. WELCOME

2. EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION
Sharffana ks
Roll No:08
social science
Zainab memmorial college of teacher
education. kasaragod ,kerala

3. • This civilization flourished in the valley of the
river Nile.
• Agriculture was the backbone of this
civilization.
• The Egyptians also engaged in weaving and
production of glassware.

5. PHARAOH
• Tutan Khaman was a king of ancient Egypt.
• Back then, the king of Egypt were known as
PHARAOH.

7. MUMMY
• The practice of preserving the body of the
dead prevailed in Egypt.
• A corpse preserved thus is called a MUMMY.

9. PYRAMID
• Pyramids were tombs where the mummies
were preserved.

11. HIEROGLYPHICS
 They formed an art of writing .
 It is known as HIEROGLYPHICS, which means
SACRED WRITING .
 They used the leaves of the plant called
PAPYRUS for writing.

12. • The Egyptians also attained amazing
advancement in the field of science.
• They formulated solar calendar.
• Their advancement in the field of Mathematics is
also significant.
• They could calculate the area of triangles and
rectangles.
• To determine time they made sundial , a clock
that tells time by the shadow cast by the sun and
water clock that works on water current.

14. CALENDAR
• They formulated a solar calendar .
• As per this calendar a year had 365 days.
• A year was divided into 12 months, of 30 days
each.
• The remaining five days were set aside for
celebrations.

16. SPHINX
 The Egyptian were also skilful in sculpture .
 It is evident from the sphinx ,a statue with
lion’s body and human head.

17. REFERENCE
• Social Science text book(SCERT , kerala)

18. THANKS