Chapter 1-- EGYPT “Egypt is the gift of the Nile.” - Herodotus.

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Chapter 1-- EGYPT “Egypt is the gift of the Nile.” - Herodotus

Nile River flows from the south to north extending 4000 miles; therefore the Nile Delta is the Lower Nile

Old Kingdom BCE Confident period until 2200 conflicts Middle Kingdom Ever-growing uncertainty about future New Kingdom Akhenaton ( ) Late Period Persians in charge EGYPTIAN DYNASTIES

Egyptian Society and Art Parallels between culture and artistic expression: 1.Pyramidal 2.Static 3.Traditional 4.Other worldly 5.Autocratic 6.Unity and continuity 7.Polytheistic with Amon, Re, Ra, Aten (various names for the Sun god) N.B. Exception: Akhenaton and the El Amarna experiment 8.Osiris—ruler of the underworld 9.Resurrection central for the gods, pharaoh, and commoners 10.Theocracy with the pharaoh as god’s representative (You will need to be able to compare and contrast these characteristics with the Greeks)

Votive palette of King Narmer (Menes) 3100 BCE ( first pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt)

Funerary papyrus from the Book of the Dead

Obelisk

Step Pyramid at Saqqara (built for King Zoser ca BCE )

Step Pyramid

Great Pyramid of Giza

Sphinx of Giza ca BCE

Ca BCE N.B. left foot forward, arms by side, and smile (only the smile will change over the centuries)

Ca BCE

Seated Scribe ca BCE

Pepy II and His Mother ca BCE

Akhenaten and His Family ca BCE

Akhenaten and duck sacrifice

Nefertiti (queen of Akhenaten) ca BCE

Abu Simbel

N.B. the way the body is painted: head and legs painted side forwards and torso painted frontal while the eye looks at viewer

And now for a moment of Zen: The Egyptians had nearly 3,000 years of centralized societal control without producing any artistic growth or new ideas.

For an interesting world timeline:

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