ANCIENT EGYPT SECTION 2 THE OLD KINGDOM
LIFE IN THE OLD KINGDOM Egypt belonged to the Gods Pharaoh “managed” Egypt for the Gods Pharaoh was the voice of the Gods Were also blamed when things went wrong
KHUFU Most famous of the Old Kingdom Known for monuments built to him Cheops- The Great Pyramid
SOCIETY
TRADE WWith Nubia in the south GGold, copper, ivory, (slaves and stone for building projects) WWith Syria in the northeast wwood
RELIGION Polytheistic Many gods for many things Some cities were centers for the worship of a specific god.
GODS RE-SUN GOD OSIRIS- GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD ISIS- GODDESS OF MAGIC HORUS- SKY GOD/ GOD OF THE PHARAOHS ANUBIS- GOD OF THE DEAD BAST- GODDESS OF MISCHIEF
THE AFTERLIFE Egyptian afterlife like Christian belief of “Heaven” Everything is perfect Ka Person’s life force Ka stayed in the burial site and had needs Egyptians buried things with the body to satisfy the ka in the afterlife
MUMMIFICATION Wanted the person to look the same in the afterlife as they did in life Spirit had to recognize the body, or the bond between the body and spirit would be broken. Preserve the body Applied to royalty or the elite
11. organs taken out (someone pretending to be Anubis) 22. organs put in urns 33. wrapped body placed in a sarcophagus SSarcophagus= case like a coffin
PYRAMIDS Wonders of the world People wonder how they were made Aliens? Thousands worked constantly Slaves used How did they move such large rocks?
PYRAMIDS SECRET PATHWAYS, TRAPS AND TUNNELS