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1 EGYPT

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3 Nile River flooding.

4 Pharaoh Menes Why is he important?

5 Pyramid & Tomb Map

6 Individual limestone building blocks of the pyramids.

7 The first pyramid was the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, built for King Zoser in 2750 BCE.

8 Cheops pyramid.

9 Sphinx. Overlooks Cairo. Body of lion, head of pharaoh.

10 Hyksos invade.

11 Egyptian pictogram of Ma’at. What is Ma’at? Why is it important? Ma’at often represented as a goddess wearing a feather. How did Osiris use the feather?

12 Hieroglyphics.

13 Rosetta Stone.

14 Ptah.

15 Ptah NutGeb Osiris & IsisSeth & Nephthys Horus All Pharaohs Egyptian Creation Myth

16 How does the sun god, Ra, fit in?

17 Ra a.k.a. Re, Amon Re, or Amon Ra

18 Osiris.

19 Isis

20 Horus

21 Weighing of the deceased heart against Ma’at. 5. Osiris welcoming deceased. 2. Anubis leading deceased along. 3. Weighing of heart against Ma’at’s feather. 4. Passed test. Now on to Osiris and the underworld afterlife. 1. Deceased meeting with committee.

22 Akhenaten a.k.a. Amenhotep IV

23 End


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