2. Social Roles Role of Women Well treated and had considerable legal rights compared to other civilizationsWell treated and had considerable legal rights compared to other civilizations Same legal rights as men (land, property, divorce)Same legal rights as men (land, property, divorce) Left women to be economically independentLeft women to be economically independent Primary role was in domestic lifePrimary role was in domestic life Common title for a married women in ancient Egypt was “nebet per” meaning “the lady of the house”Common title for a married women in ancient Egypt was “nebet per” meaning “the lady of the house” Bear and raise childrenBear and raise children Role of Men Head of the family Men could have numerous wives but economically men had only 1 wife Labourers, craftsmen Jobs were hereditary Jobs Labour required for construction projects and was mostly filled by poor, serfs Stability of Egypt thrived as skilled trades were passed from father to son Children always learned the trade from parents; seldom could choose occupation

3. Ancient Egyptian Housing Middle Class Homes Peasant Homes

4. Scenes of Ancient Egyptian Daily Life

5. Making Ancient Egyptian Beer

6. Making Ancient Egyptian Wine

7. An Egyptian Woman’s “Must-Haves” Perfume Wigs Mirror

8. Egyptian Nobility

9. Egyptian Scribe

10. Papyrus  Paper Papyrus Plant Hieratic Scroll Piece

11. Egyptian Math & Draftsmenship 110100100010,000100,0001,000,000 What number is this?

12. Champollion & the Rosetta Stone

13. Hieroglyphics “Alphabet” 24 “letters” + 700 phonetic symbols

14. Egyptian Creation Myth The Goddess Nut

15. Egyptian Gods & Goddesses: “The Sacred ‘Trinity’” Osiris Isis Horus

16. Preparations for the Underworld Priests protected your KA, or soul-spirit ANUBIS weighs the dead person’s heart against a feather.

17. Materials Used in Mummification 1. Linen 6. Natron 2. Sawdust 7. Onion 3. Lichen 8. Nile Mud 4. Beeswax 9. Linen Pads 5. Resin 10. Frankinsense

18. Preparation for the Afterlife

19. Egyptian Mummies Seti I 1291-1278 B. C. E. Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep II 1210-1200 B. C. E. Ramses II 1279-1212 B. C. E.

20. Journey to the Underworld A boat for the journey is provided for a dead pharaoh in his tomb. The dead travel on the “Solar Bark.”

21. Egyptian Book of the Dead

22. The Final Judgement Anubis Horus Osiris

23. Stepped Pyramid at Saqqara

24. “Bent” Pyramid of King Sneferu

25. Giza Pyramid Complex

26. Plan of the Great Pyramid of Khufu

27. The Valley of the Kings

28. Archaeologist, Howard Carter (1922)

29. Entrance to King “Tut’s” Tomb

30. King Tutankhamon’s Death Mask 1336-1327 B. C. E.

31. King Tutankhamon

32. King Tutankhamun’s Tomb

33. Treasures From Tut’s Tomb

34. The Valley of the Queens Temple of Queen Hatshepsut 1473-1458 B. C. E.

35. Ankhenaton: First Monotheist? 1352-1336 B. C. E.

36. The Ankh – The “Cross” of Life

37. Queen Nefertiti