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Ancient Egypt Lesson 2

Ancient Egypt Lesson 2. Pyramid of Khafre. Pyramid of Khufu “The Great Pyramid”. Pyramid of Menkaure. Pyramids at Giza. Old Kingdom. Old Kingdom – Period from about 2600 BC – 2200 BC

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Ancient Egypt Lesson 2

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  1. Ancient EgyptLesson 2 Pyramid of Khafre Pyramid of Khufu “The Great Pyramid” Pyramid of Menkaure Pyramids at Giza

  2. Old Kingdom • Old Kingdom – Period from about 2600 BC – 2200 BC • Time of growth, religion and when the Great Pyramid was built. Pyramids were only built during the Old Kingdom.

  3. Memphis was the capital during the Old Kingdom

  4. Egypt’s Religion • Egyptians believed in many gods/goddesses (deities) • Polytheism – the belief in many gods • Re – main Egyptian god = sun god • Isis – goddess who represents the loyal wife and mother & ruled the underworld with her husband Osiris • Hapi – ruled the Nile River • Osiris – husband of Isis – ruled the underworld

  5. Pyramids • Built as tombs for the pharaohs • All entrances faced north • Farmers did most of the building during the flood season • Built without the use of the wheel or iron tools • Were meant to protect the pharaoh's body, however, attracted robbers and all pyramids were raided and robbed. This is why they stopped building them after the Old Kingdom.

  6. The First Pyramid • Imhotep, King Zoser’s chief advisor, designed the first pyramid. This was the first large stone structure in the world. Because of its shape, it is called the Step Pyramid The Step Pyramid of Zoser Imhotep – Architect of the Step Pyramid. So influential that he was declared a god

  7. Pyramids were built as tombs for the pharaohs after they died. They were not palaces where the king lived Explore the Great Pyramid

  8. The Great Pyramid of Khufu • Built for King Khufu • Largest of all the pyramids (there are 118 pyramids discovered so far) • Tallest building in the world for over 4,000 years • Was 481 feet tall, but now only 456 due to erosion and the removal of stone. • Only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing

  9. How Tall? Boston Custom House

  10. How were the pyramids built?

  11. Modern PyramidsStockport Pyramid in Stockport, UK

  12. Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Cali.

  13. Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, NV

  14. Louvre Museum in Paris, France

  15. Egyptian Advancements • 365-day calendar with 12 months (basis for modern calendar • Written numbers based on 10 • fractions

  16. Burial Process • Egyptians believed that if the body decayed, the spirit would die. • In order to prevent this from happening, the body is “mummified”

  17. Step 1 - Embalming • The body is cleaned with good smelling oils and water from the Nile

  18. The organs are removed. The heart is not removed because it is the center of intelligence and is needed in the afterlife • The brain is removed and thrown away, its use was not known to the Egyptians

  19. The body is covered and filled with natron (salt) which dries the body out

  20. After 40 days, the body is cleaned and rubbed with oils

  21. The dehydrated internal organs are wrapped in linen and returned to the body. The body is stuffed with dry materials such as sawdust, leaves and linen so that it looks lifelike

  22. In early mummies, organs were not returned to the body, but keep in canopic jars Duamutef the jackal-headed god looks after the stomach Imsety the human-headed god looks after the liver. Hapi the baboon-headed god looks after the lungs Qebehsenuef the falcon-headed god looks after the intestines.

  23. Step 2 - Wrapping • The arms and legs are wrapped separately. Between the layers of wrapping, the embalmers place amulets to protect the body in its journey through the underworld.

  24. The arms and legs are tied together. A papyrus scroll with spells from the Book of the Dead is placed between the wrapped hands.

  25. Finally, a large cloth is wrapped around the entire mummy. • The mummy is lowered into its coffin. The first coffin is then put inside a second coffin

  26. It is finally place in the final sarcophagus and placed in a tomb with the person’s favorite possessions. Why? To have them in the afterlife

  27. The Book of the Dead • Contained prayers, hymns, and magic spells • Was buried with a person to help them get to the afterlife Sections from the Book of the Dead

  28. Weighing of the Souls • After a person died, a god (Anubis) would weight the person’s soul against the “feather of truth” • If the soul was heavy with sin (heavier than the feather), the person would die a 2nd death with no afterlife. A soul that was lighter would live a happy afterlife Anubis weighing a persons heart (soul) against the “feather of truth”

  29. Some Egyptian gods had the head of an animal and the body of a human

  30. Some Egyptian gods • Amon (Amun) King of the Gods Head of a ram • Anubis God of Mummification Head of a jackal • Bast Goddess of Protection Head of a cat • Geb Earth God Head of a goose • Hathor Sky Goddess Head of a cow • Sekmet Goddess of war and battle Head of a lioness • Horus God of the Egyptians Head of a falcon • Heket Goddess of childbirth Head of frog • Tefnut Goddess of the rain Head of lioness • Thoth God of wisdom Head of an ibis bird • Sebek God of swift action Head of a crocodile

  31. The Rosetta Stone • Found, by accident, by French soldiers who were rebuilding a fort in Egypt in 1799. • Had three different languages written on it: Greek, hieroglyphics, and a cursive form of Egyptian writing • Decoded by Jean Champollion who compared the words in Greek, which we knew, to the hieroglyphics. Took him 20 years! • ** Important because before this, no one knew hieroglyphics, it was a lost language. We could now learn much more about Ancient Egypt

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