1. ANCIENT EGYPT

2. A View of Egypt by Satellite
LOWER EGYPT
DELTA
SINAI
PENINSULA

3. The Fertile Nile Valley

4. The Annual Flooding of the Nile

5. Egyptian Social Hierarchy

6. EGYPTIAN PHARAOHS
نن Pharaoh means “great house” or “palace”
ن Pharaohs had absolute power. Yet aided by families and bureaucracy.
نن Pharaohs had advisors – chief advisor VIZIER held important position next to Pharaoh. Vizier headed the bureaucracy.

7. Some Famous Egyptian Pharaohs
Tutankhamon B. C. E.
Thutmose III B. C. E.
Ramses II B. C. E.

8. Queen Nefertiti

9. POLITICAL Pharaoh – Religious and Political Ruler of Egypt
Egyptian Government a Theocracy
Pharaoh considered a god by the Egyptians

10. Egyptian Priestly Class
Priest shared power
with Pharaohs but Pharaohs had most of the power

11. RELIGION
ANKH
Polytheistic like the Mesopotamians

12. Egyptian Gods & Goddesses: “Polytheism’”
Osiris Isis Horus

13. Egyptian Society and Daily Life

14. Section 2-30 Marriage and Women’s Social Status
Egyptians married young – Age 13 to 17.
The husband was the master, but the wife ran the household and educated the children. – Example of Patriarchy but women had some rights.
Women kept their property, even in marriage.
Marriages could end in divorce, which included compensation for the women.
Women could become independent merchants, priestesses, and even pharaohs.
(pages 51–52)
Section 2-30

15. Rich versus Poor
Middle Class Homes
Peasant Homes

16. Scenes of Ancient Egyptian Daily Life

17. Making Ancient Egyptian Beer

18. Making Ancient Egyptian Wine

19. An Egyptian Woman’s “Must-Haves”
Mirror
Perfume
Whigs

20. ARTS – 2 dimensional – no perspective

21. Hieroglyphic “Cartouche”
Hieroglyphics is Egyptian system of writing

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

23. Egyptian Scribes – masters of hieroglyphics

24. Papyrus  Paper
Hieratic Scroll Piece
Papyrus Plant

25. Champollion & the Rosetta Stone
Key to deciphering hieroglyphics
1. Bottom portion of stone is written Greek
language
2. Through matching hieroglyphic images to
Greek words, scholars able to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.

26. Stepped Pyramid slightly different than Ziggurats

27. “Bent” Pyramid of King Sneferu

28. Giza Pyramid Complex

29. Pyramids were symbols of the great power of Pharaohs – Tombs of the Pharaohs

30. The Valley of the Kings – tombs of pharaohs before pyramids were built

31. Entrance to King “Tut’s” Tomb

32. King Tutankhamon – a minor pharaoh but most famous because his was only complete pyramid tomb ever discovered

33. King Tutankhamon’s Death Mask
B. C. E.

34. King Tutankhamun’s Tomb

35. Treasures From Tut’s Tomb