1. The Ancient
Egypt

2. The Ancient
Egyptians

3. A View of Egypt by Satellite

4. Nile River Valley People Migrate to Farm and Live
Egypt forms in this valley near the Nile delta (marshland near the mouth of a river) and the Mediterranean Sea

5. The Fertile Nile Valley

6. The Annual Flooding of the Nile

7. Nile Irrigation-the Shaduf

8. Ancient Egyptian History
Periods
Time Frame
Nile Culture Begins
3900 B. C. E.
Archaic
3100 – 2650 B. C. E.
Old Kingdom
2650 – 2134 B. C. E.
Middle Kingdom
2040 – 1640 B. C. E.
New Kingdom
1550 – 1070 B. C. E.
Late Period
750 – 332 B. C. E.
Greek Ptolemaic Era
332 – 30 B. C. E.
Roman Period
30 B. C. E. – 395 C. E.

9. Menes: Unifier of Upper & Lower Egypt
c B. C. E. ?

10. Ancient Egyptian Housing
Middle Class Homes
Peasant Homes

11. Scenes of Ancient Egyptian Daily Life

12. Egyptian Women Higher status in Egypt than rest of ancient world
Could own property and business
Could go to court, divorce, have job

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

14. Egyptian Social Hierarchy

15. Pharaohs Egyptian Rulers Organize Strong Centralized State
People see pharaohs as gods = Absolute Power

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

17. Egyptian Nobility

18. Egyptian Priestly Class

19. Egyptian Scribe

20. Papyrus  Paper
Hieratic Scroll Piece
Papyrus Plant

21. Egyptian Math & Draftsmenship1 10
100
1000
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
What number is this?

22. Egyptian Gods & Goddesses: “The Sacred ‘Trinity’”
Osiris-Nile & underworld Isis - women Horus- son

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

24. Materials Used in Mummification
1. Linen Natron 2. Sawdust Onion 3. Lichen Nile Mud 4. Beeswax Linen Pads 5. Resin Frankinsense

25. Preparation for the Afterlife

26. Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep II 1210-1200 B. C. E.
Egyptian Mummies
Seti I B. C. E.
Ramses II B. C. E.
Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep II B. C. E.

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

28. Egyptian Book of the Dead

29. Stepped Pyramid at Saqqara

30. “Bent” Pyramid of King Sneferu

31. Giza Pyramid Complex

32. Plan of the Great Pyramid of Khufu

33. The Valley of the Kings

34. Archaeologist, Howard Carter (1922)

35. Entrance to King “Tut’s” Tomb

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

37. King Tutankhamon

38. King Tutankhamun’s Tomb

39. Treasures From Tut’s Tomb

40. The Valley of the Queens Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
B. C. E.

41. Abu Simbel: Monument to Ramses II
B. C. E.

42. Achievements Medicine- illnesses, cures, surgery, written records
Astronomy- Basis for our calendar, 12 months, 30 day each + 5 extra
Math- Geometry= pyramids, irrigation