History 107 Lecture 6

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History 107Lecture 6

• Old Kingdom Egypt and the Pyramids

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Style Focus Modes of Telling History

• Bruce Feilers Walking the Bible, a travelogue in
  Egypt, Palestine, and the Near East
• How does Feiler describe Egypt?
• What is it like for an American to visit Egypt
  today?
• What is it like to travel the Nile?
• Does this account give you more perspective about
  Upper and Lower Egypt in terms of geography?
• Why are Egypts pyramids so fascinating to each
  generation?
• How does this style of writing compare to the
  text book selections that you read about Egypt?

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The Great Pyramid of Egypt

• The Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), the largest
  in Egypt, located on the Giza Plateau just
  outside Cairo

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The Great Pyramid of Egypt

• The Great Pyramid and Sphinx before excavations

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The Great Pyramid of Egypt

• Egyptologist Zahi Hawass, who refused to see
  Bruce Feiler in the assigned reading

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The Great Pyramid of Egypt

• Giza pyramids are now a suburb of expanding Cairo

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The Great Pyramid of Egypt

• The pyramids at night during sound and light show

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The Great Pyramid of Egypt

• How big are the pyramids?
• Could they fit on the PLU campus?