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-The people who were in the tombs always had a lot of jewelry
-In 1859, Mariette discovered a series of Hyskos Sculptures
-in 1860, Mariette discovered an extraordinary wooden statue of the 5th dynasty high official Kaaper
-Mariette discovered many things and accomplished alot
-An important piece in the jigsaw puzzle of ancient egyptian chronology is the fragmentary annals text popularly known as the palermo stone
4 questions
What was the point in putting all that jewelry in the tombs?
How did Mariette discover all these artifacts?
How did egyptians make up there writing?
What did the egyptians use to make there statues?
3 vocabulary
Masonry-the craft or occupation of a mason.
Alabaster-a finely granular variety of gypsum, often white and translucent, used for ornamental objects or work, such as lamp bases, figurines, etc.
Dockets-A summary or other brief statement of the contents of a document; an abstract.
2 Literary terms
-"modeled in solid gold and inland with carnelian, lapis and feldspar."
"..a series of superb black granite royal sculptures of somewhat bizarre type..."
1 Overview sentence
These pages take about how he discovered the artifacts and what they were.
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