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Egypt 3500-1000 B.C.

Egypt 3500-1000 B.C. Egyptian Timeline. 3500-3100 - Predynastic Period 3100-2700 - Early Dynastic Period 2700-2100 - Old Kingdom 2100-1700 - Middle Kingdom 1500-1000 - New Kingdom. Old Kingdom. First pyramid built for King Zoser at Sakkara (2600 B.C.) Designed my Imhotep,

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Egypt 3500-1000 B.C.

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  1. Egypt3500-1000 B.C.

  2. Egyptian Timeline • 3500-3100 - Predynastic Period • 3100-2700 - Early Dynastic Period • 2700-2100 - Old Kingdom • 2100-1700 - Middle Kingdom • 1500-1000 - New Kingdom

  3. Old Kingdom • First pyramid built for King Zoser at Sakkara (2600 B.C.) • Designed my Imhotep, the first known artist • First huge stone structure on Earth -made of 6 steps and over 20 stories tall

  4. Old KingdomThe Great Pyramids

  5. Old KingdomThe Great Pyramids at Giza • Took 100,000’s of men to build • Stones weighed between 2 - 40 tons • Floated the stones up the Nile during flooding season and hauled to the edge of the desert • Used levers, rollers, rope, and ramps to construct the pyramids • The largest pyramid was built for Cheops and covers 13 acres, is 911 feet on each side of the base, 55 stories tall, took over 2 million blocks of limestone • The largest structure on Earth until skyscrapers 4500 years later

  6. Old KingdomThe Great Pyramids at Giza

  7. Old KingdomThe Great Pyramids at Giza • Guarded by the Great Sphinx • A statue 240 feet long, body of a lion, head of Chefren, a pharaoh one of the 3 pyramids was built for

  8. New Kingdom • Most prosperous time in Egypt’s history • Temples were built as homes for gods and priests, not just pharaoh tombs • Arts flourished. Painting style changed from being stylistic to more realistic. • Ramses II had almost every temple rebuilt, redecorated, or expanded.

  9. King Tutankhamen • Became king when he was 9 years old • Priests and military “guided” his decisions and were able to bring Egypt back to their old ways. • When he was 19 he was ruling on his own but died suddenly

  10. Tomb was discovered in 1922- It hadn’t been touched in 3,000 years- It took 10 years to empty everything out of it

  11. Mummification

  12. Egypt Questions • 1. Explain how the Nile River influenced the development of Egyptian culture. • 2. Who was Imhotep? What is his importance in art history? • 3. Why do we know so much about Egyptian society in art?

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