1. Thanks to Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY for some of the slides

2. Essential Questions: Who are the Ancient egyptians? Where did they live? How did they develop their traditions and beliefs? How has their culture affected modern day society? What is the Egyptian legacy to Europe?

3. Ancient Egypt

4. A View of Egypt by Satellite

5. The Annual Flooding of the Nile

6. Nile Irrigation-the Shaduf

7. Ancient Egyptian History PeriodsTime Frame Nile Culture Begins3900 B. C. Archaic3100 – 2650 B. C. Old Kingdom2650 – 2134 B. C. Middle Kingdom2040 – 1640 B. C. New Kingdom1550 – 1070 B. C. Late Period750 – 332 B. C. Greek Ptolemaic Era332 – 30 B. C. Roman Period30 B. C.. – 395 A.D.

8. Menes: Unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt

9. c. 3050 B. C. E. ?

10. Ancient Egyptian Housing Middle Class Homes Peasant Homes

11. Scenes of Ancient Egyptian Daily Life

12. Making Ancient Egyptian Beer

13. Making Ancient Egyptian Wine

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

15. Egyptian Social Hierarchy

16. Egyptian Nobility

17. Some Famous Egyptian Pharaohs Akhenaton 1379 -1334 B.C. Akhenaton 1379 -1334 B.C. Ramses II 1279-1212 B. C. Tutankhamon 1336-1327 B. C. E.

18. Monotheism

19. Tel Amarna-the great city of Akhenaton

20. Abu Simbel: Monument to Ramses II

21. Egyptian Scribe

22. Papyrus  Paper Papyrus Plant Hieratic Scroll Piece

23. Egyptian Math & Draftsmenship 110100100010,000100,0001,000,000 What number is this?

24. Champollion & the Rosetta Stone

25. Hieroglyphic “Cartouche”

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

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

28. Mummification

29. Materials Used in Mummification 1. Linen 6. Natron 2. Sawdust 7. Onion 3. Lichen 8. Nile Mud 4. Beeswax 9. Linen Pads 5. Resin 10. Frankinsense

30. Preparation for the Afterlife

31. The Ankh – The “Cross” of Life

32. King Tutankhamon’s Death Mask 1336-1327 B. C. E.

33. Egyptian Mummies Seti I 1291-1278 B. C. E. Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep II 1210-1200 B. C. E. Ramses II 1279-1212 B. C. E.

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

35. Egyptian Book of the Dead

36. The Final Judgement Anubis Horus Osiris

37. Shabtis: The Pharaoh’s Servants in the Afterlife

38. Stepped Pyramid at Saqqara

39. “Bent” Pyramid of King Sneferu

40. Giza Pyramid Complex

41. The Valley of the Queens Temple of Queen Hatshepsut 1473-1458 B. C. E.

42. Queen Nefertiti

43. Egypt’s Legacy Egypt’s Legacy ArchitectureArchitecture United We StandUnited We Stand One RulerOne Ruler QueensQueens BeautyBeauty PaperPaper Writing?Writing? Divine rightDivine right The afterlifeThe afterlife The judgment after deathThe judgment after death Monotheism?Monotheism? Moses and the ExodusMoses and the Exodus

44. Who Are These Strange People?

45. Routes of the “Sea Peoples” The end of the Bronze Age!