1. ANCIENT EGYPT SECTION 2 THE OLD KINGDOM

2. 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

3. KHUFU  Most famous of the Old Kingdom  Known for monuments built to him  Cheops- The Great Pyramid

4. SOCIETY

5. TRADE WWith Nubia in the south GGold, copper, ivory, (slaves and stone for building projects) WWith Syria in the northeast wwood

6. RELIGION  Polytheistic  Many gods for many things  Some cities were centers for the worship of a specific god.

7. 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

8. 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

10. 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. 11. organs taken out (someone pretending to be Anubis) 22. organs put in urns 33. wrapped body placed in a sarcophagus SSarcophagus= case like a coffin

12. PYRAMIDS  Wonders of the world  People wonder how they were made  Aliens?  Thousands worked constantly  Slaves used  How did they move such large rocks?

13. PYRAMIDS  SECRET PATHWAYS, TRAPS AND TUNNELS