Ancient Egypt
Nile River: “The Gift of Egypt”
Fertile Nile Valley Annual Flooding (Inundation)
Nile Irrigation – the Shaduf
Ancient Egyptian Timeline Periods Time Frame Archaic 3100 – 2650 B. C. Old Kingdom 2650 – 2134 B. C. Middle Kingdom 2040 – 1640 B. C. New Kingdom 1550 – 1070 B. C. Late Period 750 – 332 B. C. Ptolemaic Era 332 – 30 B. C. Roman Period 30 B.C. – 395 A.D.
Narmer Unifies Egypt ca. 3100 B.C.
Mastaba and Zoser’s Pyramid
Imhotep’s Innovations Meidum Pyramid (My-Doom) Bent Pyramid
Sneferu’s RedPyramid
Giza Pyramid Complex
Afterlife Anubis weighs the dead person’s heart against the feather of truth, with Thoth recording the results The dead travel on the “Solar Bark” of Aten.
Mummies Canopic jars for the stomach, intestines, liver and lungs 19th Dynasty Pharaohs from 1292-1212 B. C. E.
Materials for Mummies 1. Linen 6. Natron 2. Sawdust 7. Onion 3. Lichen 8. Nile Mud 4. Beeswax 9. Linen Pads 5. Resin 10. Frankinsense
The Egyptian “Trinity” Isis Osiris Horus
The Evil Uncle Set
Ancient Egyptian Power Pyramid
Only members of the royal family had their names in a carotuche Royal Cartouche Only members of the royal family had their names in a carotuche
KUSH – Land of Gold and Archers
24 “letters” + 700 phonetic symbols Hieroglyphs 24 “letters” + 700 phonetic symbols
Egyptian Math and “Artists” 1 10 100 1000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 What number is this?