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Introduction to Anthro:

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priestly_purple [2]
prue_h [2]
sharon_valerii [1]
studentwillow [2]
Warning: If you have a 2 next to your name, you will receive detention after missing another class.

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jackie_sparrow (2)
positive_angel (2)
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prue_h (2)
sharon_valerii (2)
studentwillow (2)
suzotchka (1)

Good work with the societies. This class we will discuss family. First, I have an article that I would like to pass out that describes two different types of families, then we will talk about what it means to be a family.

Homework: Describe your familial structure. Is it patrilineal or matrilineal? How would your family be different if it was switched from the norm?

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Egyptian Archaeology:

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alchemic_bean [1]
darkchylde_ [2]
missromana [1]
valentine_tart [1]
yuuko_sama [1]
Warning: If you have a 2 next to your name, you will receive detention after missing another class.

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adolescent_alan [1]
alchemic_bean [1]
joolushko_tunai [1]
kawalsky [1]
missromana [1]
yuuko_sama [1]

Well done with the quiz. I will hand those back next class, but most of you got at least 80's. This class, we will be looking at yet more slides. This time, we are focusing on a site right near the Nile.

Homework: Describe the process of embalming and mummifying in full detail, as next class we will be looking at mummys!
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Linguistics:

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jackie_sparrow [1]
rory__gilmore [1]
wraithbaitjohn [1]

_fleurdelacour [1]
jackie_sparrow [1]
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wraithbaitjohn [1]

Today's lesson we will be studying the similarities between Greek and Latin's grammar structure. As you can see, both languages are similar except that Greek has a different alphabet, and there is no aorist tense. Obviously, there is a reason for this, and we will see that once comparing the two. Open up your books, please.

Homework: No homework for today :)

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Comment here to hand in homework for next class.

[Whoops, turned it in above!]

Homework turned in - greatly detailed with a little note thanking Dr. Jackson for being such an inspiring teacher. *blushes a little*

*The cover sheet has CLASSIFIED written on the front of it in large red letters, and inside, is a long, well-written essay, explaining how her original family is patrilineal (although mom held the real power at home), and how with three older brothers, she was the spoilt one, and didn't feel like she was the least important in the family. She also throws in that her family was neolocal, and moved around before settling in DC. For the changing of the family, she also includes a witty and satirical look at her "new" family of SGC Refugees*

*turns in homework, describing both the muggle and wizarding processes of embalming/mummification*

*Hands in mummy assignment, which somehow went onto a tangent on the best ways one can deal with living mummies, should they decide to attack.*

*hands homework in, then scrambles to dig through his backpack for the missing assignment he could have sworn he'd turned in*

Beka hands in a tidily hand-written summary of Egyptian mummification practices with specific references to the implements for removal of organs, the recipe for embalming fluid, and a cryptic note about protecting the students from Snakes.

Lisa turns in her Egypt homework on the mummification process. (http://articles.roshd.ir/articles_folder/BASEscience/chemistry/Howstuffworks%20How%20Mummies%20Work.htm)

*turns in homework*

Egyptian Archaeology, Embalming and Mummification Homework
by ~~Major~~ C. Kawalsky

Embalming in Ancient Egypt was what was done to dead bodies to preserve them for the afterlife. (Question: you've been dead too. Do you remember an afterlife? Because I don't remember an afterlife. Maybe I just forgot.)

The Egyptians purified the body first, usually with water from the Nile, because there's not really anywhere else to get water. Then they cut the guy open and remove his internal organs before they get a chance to decompose, except for the heart. They leave the internal organs on the external and dry them out. Then they use a hook and stick it up the nose, scramble the brains and pull them out through the nostrils. (Note: ow.)

Then they dry the body out for forty days. They used Nile water after this to wash it again and then cover the body in oils to keep the skin all nice. Well, as nice as it can be after 40 days. Then the Egyptians wrap the dried internal organs in cloth and put them back in the body or they put them in canopic jars, depending on the time period (Imsety looks after the liver, Hapy looks after the lungs, Duamutef looks after the stomach and Qebehsenuef looks after the intestines, at least according to the book where I got this stuff). Then they stuff the body like a taxidermist does, only with sawdust, leaves, cloth and other dry stuff so the body looks more realistic and not like an empty shell.

Then they cover the body in good-smelling oils because the smell must be pretty bad by this time, and then they wrap it in cloth. The head and neck are wrapped first, then the fingers and toes. The arms and legs are wrapped separately (which kinda explains why the mummies in those B-grade movies can walk around and put their arms out).

In between layers the embalmer guys put amulet things to protect the body in its journey to the underworld. Then they tie the arms and legs together (but these can be untied if the mummy comes to life again, like in the B-grade movies) and they put a papyrus scroll with the spells from the Book of the Dead between its hands.

What Is Mummification?

Mummification is the preservation of a body, either animal or human. Some mummies are preserved wet, some are frozen, and some are dried. It can be a natural process or it may be deliberately achieved. The Egyptian mummies were deliberately made by drying the body. By eliminating moisture, you have eliminated the source of decay. They dried the body by using a salt mixture called natron. Natron is a natural substance that is found in abundance along the Nile river. Natron is made up of four salts: sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, and sodium sulfate. The sodium carbonate works as a drying agent, drawing the water out of the body. At the same time the bicarbonate, when subjected to moisture, increases the pH that creates a hostile environment for bacteria. The Egyptian climate lent itself well to the mummification process, being both very hot and dry

The body would be completely wrapped in linen bandages. During this process many prayers were recited and rituals took place. Amulets of gold, semi-precious stones or faience were placed on the body and covered by the bandages. These amulets were thought to provide protection for the deceased. Beaded nets containing amulets were sometimes placed over mummies.

After the body was wrapped, the head and face were often covered by a mask decorated with facial features similar to those of the deceased. Facial features were often decorated with gold or gilding to imitate the flesh of the gods, which was thought to be made of solid gold.

*hands in a messily written, misspelled, but mostly on-topic list*

(There are, however, a few unnerving points where the list goes off on a tangent like "ANd then he spilS the braINs on the fLor and somE Gets in his WATer bUT He Drinks iT ANyway" or "and theN He Hits hiS helPr oN the hEd becAUse hE is meEn ANd I don'T Lik him AnyMor..." and lastly a fairly unconnected line about attacking butterflies.)

*DEATH hands in a peice of parchment containing a description of his family, which includes a multitude of cats, Binky, and

_susan_death. It is very disorganized, since DEATH is somewhat unclear on the concept of family, though you can sense a fondness in his writing for all mentioned*

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