1. Egyptian Burial Structures

2. Pyramids Burial sturctures during the Old Kingdom
Located in Lower Egypt
Were tombs for Pharaohs
Khufu’s is the largest

4. Mastabas Burial structures during the New and Middle Kingdoms
Arabic word for bench b/c of their shape
Located in the Valley of the Kings
Royal cemetary

7. Grave Robbers Greatest threat to a Pharoah’s tomb and any other tomb
Would rob the tomb of its treasures
Usually the robbers would be people who helped build the tomb

8. What was the first tomb to be discovered untouched?
King Tut

9. Discovered in 1920 by Howard Carter

14. Was Tut a Great King?
What does the placement of Tut’s tomb tell us of the people’s opinion of him at the time of his death?

16. Shabti
Small statues buried with important people that would serve them in the afterlife

17. Egyptian Cultural Acheivments

18. Writing and Paper Paper was called papyrus
Made from thinly cut strips of reed and dried them
The strips would be glued together and rolled into scrolls

19. Hieroglyphics Egyptian picture writing Featured 6,000 symbols
Names written in a “Cartouche”

20. Rosetta Stone Found by French soldiers in Egypt in 1799
Helped archeologist decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics
Contains three languages