Orals

=Egyptian Society during the Ramesside period, Dynasties XIX and XX =

- Syllabus Content - Map - Pharaohs - Past Questions - Oral Presentations -

Assessment Task 2: Oral Presentations

 * Nicola**: 2.1 roles and images of the pharaoh; concept of maat
 * Isabella**: 2.2 roles of the vizier and members of the religious, administrative and military elites
 * Magdeleine**: 2.3 nature and role of the army
 * Analise**: 2.4 roles and status of women: royal and non-royal
 * Stephanie**: 3.1 importance of the Nile: agriculture, animal husbandry, transport
 * Leona**: 3.5 workers’ strike, tomb robberies and corruption
 * Isabel**: 4.1 gods, goddesses, cults and priesthoods: Amun, Re, Ptah, Osiris
 * Nicole Pal**: 4.2 personal religion: magic and personal piety
 * Madeleine**: 4.3 festivals: Opet, Beautiful Feast of the Valley, Heb-Sed Festival
 * Kristine**: 4.4 funerary customs: afterlife concepts and mummification
 * Sarah**: 4.5 funerary texts: The Book of the Dead and the Am Duat (Book of What is in the Netherworld), The Book of Gates
 * Nicole Pan**: 4.6 temples: architecture and function: Karnak, Luxor, the Ramesseum, Medinet Habu
 * Amy**: 4.7 tombs: architecture and decoration: Thebes, Memphis, Deir el-Medina
 * Laura**: 5.1 art: sculpture, jewellery and wall paintings
 * Emily**: 5.2 writing and literature: love poetry, The Tale of the Two Brothers, Horus and Seth, The Report of Wenamun
 * Rebecca**: 6.1 daily life and leisure activities

__Order of presentations__:

1. Emily 2. Nicola 3. Madeleine 4. Isabella 5. Analise 6. Leona 7. Kristine 8. Laura 9. Sarah 10. Nicole Pal 11. Magdeleine 12. Isabel 13. Stephanie 14. Nicole Pan 15. Rebecca 16. Amy

These are the topics which are not being covered in the oral presentations: 1.1 geographical setting, natural features and resources of New Kingdom Egypt and its neighbours 1.2 significant sites: Memphis, Thebes, Per-Ramesses, Deir el-Medina, Abu Simbel, Valleys of the Kings and Queens 2.5 scribes, artisans and agricultural workers 3.2 crafts and industry: wood, stone and metal 3.3 economic exchange: unit of value (deben), taxation, tribute and trade 3.4 technological development: tools, building materials, techniques and construction, shadouf 6.2 food and clothing 6.3 housing and furniture 6.4 occupations