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Egyptian government. Self Starter. Define the following from your textbook:. Hieroglyphic Papyrus Mummification Rosetta Stone Vizier. http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdtgX9ORiW4&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active. Egyptian government. 2nd Most important
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Self Starter Define the following from your textbook: Hieroglyphic Papyrus Mummification Rosetta Stone Vizier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdtgX9ORiW4&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
Egyptian government 2nd Most important **Priest** 3rd Most important **Vizier** Record keepers Agents Court Procedures
Priest • Religious leaders • Scholars, Educators (teachers, in charge of: Schools, Universities, libraries, archives and center of administration and scientific enterprise. • Had many different occupations: • Farmers • Bee keepers • Worked in the mortuary • Responsible for organizing Local festivals of the Gods
Priest would participate everyday in the “All Important Daily Rite”.
Egyptian government #1 Person Pharaoh Word Means Great House 2nd Most important **Priest** 3rd Most important **Vizier** Record keepers Agents Court Procedures
Amenhotep IV Queen Nefertiti 1352-1336 B.C Worshiped only one God -Aton
What’s he known for: break with traditional religion. Believes to introduce Monotheism skeletal anomalies
(Akhenaten)1352-1336 B.C.18th Dynasty Mother: Tiy Wives: Nefertiti, Merytaten, Kiya, Mekytaten, Ankhsespaaten Son: Tutankhamen Daughters: More than 5….
Not only was he crowned at Karnak (temple of the god Amun) but, like his father he married a lady of non-royal blood, Nefertiti, the daughter of the vizier Ay. Karnak
Amenhotep IV changes his name to Akhnaton Changed his name to mean “It goes well with God”
Mural of Akhenaton Ruled for 18 years. After his death everything was destroyed
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King Tut Tutankhamen
Tutankhamen (King Tut) was not a major player in Egypt Pharaonic history We believe Tutankhamen ruled Egypt between 1334 and 1325 BC. He was probably the 12th ruler of Egypt's 18th Dynasty. Tutankhamen broke his leg badly just before he died". Although the break itself would not have been life-threatening, infection might have set in.
Could it be murder? The main reasons that murder has ragged on as a possible cause of King Tut's death is because of a fracture to the back of his head revealed in an X-ray.
King Tut was probably an unimportant Pharaoh during his times, the only reason he is famous is because of the un-touch tomb that was discovered by Howard Carter in November of 1922. Howard Carter had spent 6 seasons, searching for artifacts. He was almost ready to give up when they found a stairway of rock which when uncovered, found 4 rooms of treasures
Howard Carter Howard Carter
2,000 Items were found in the 4 rooms Items found were: Thrones, vases, chariots, status, jewelry, and ostrich-feathers fans.
The Mummy of King Tut was laid in four coffins, the third coffin was made from 2,500 pounds of Gold! Estimated to be worth 13,000,000 (million) dollars! http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Z8WcfoT6JvY&feature=fvwp&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
Lord Carnarvon died in Cairo of pneumonia. This sent the already sensational press into a frenzy. Media hype about the mummy's curse set the media on fire, and much to Carters displeasure, he began receiving letters from spiritualists from around the world. Legend has it that by 1929, eleven of the people connected with the discovery of the tomb had died, including two of Lord Carnarvon's relatives, and Carter's personal secretary, Richard Bethel. This would spawn mummy movies through the end of the twentieth century and beyond.
Exhibitions The splendors of Tutankhamen's tomb are among the most traveled artifacts in the world. They have been to many countries, but probably the best-known exhibition tour, attended by more than eight million people in the United States alone, was Treasures of Tutankhamen, organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 17 November, 1976 through 15 March, 1977 (and extended by other galleries until 1979). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl5dZxA-rZY&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
Ramses II and Nefertari 1280 BCE
Known for: • Magnificent Builder • Military Victories • Thought to be the Pharaoh during the Exodus.
Ramses Reigned for 66 years He had 8 official (Royal) wives 100 concubines and 162 Children
His closest companion was Nerfertari Married Ramses at the age of 13, became queen at the age of 15 She had 4 sons, and two daughters Her tomb is one of the largest and most lavishly decorated in the valley of the Queens
24 year after Ramses took power he and Nefertari took a 2000 mile trip down to Nubia to see the Temple at Abu Simbec, after they returned from that trip there is no record of Nefertari. She died in her 40’s
Isis and Nefertari, as seen in her tomb in the Valley of the Queens. Pictures from her tomb
Status were carved out of sand stone. Ramses II Temple at Abu Simbel
Abu-Simbec Temple of Ramses II 6 Statues of the King himself.
What were the issue’s The Egyptians had to Deal with by reconstructing Abu Simbel? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCDQikYVnCA&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active