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The Ancient Middle East. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY Additional slides by D. Brady. A View of Egypt by Satellite. The Fertile Nile Valley. The Annual Flooding of the Nile. Nile Irrigation-the Shaduf. Ancient Egyptian History. Menes: Unifier of Upper & Lower Egypt.
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The Ancient Middle East Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY Additional slides by D. Brady
Menes: Unifier of Upper & Lower Egypt c. 3050 B. C. E. ?
Ancient Egyptian Housing Middle Class Homes Peasant Homes
An Egyptian Woman’s “Must-Haves” Mirror Perfume Whigs
Papyrus Paper Hieratic Scroll Piece Papyrus Plant
Egyptian Math & Draftsmenship What number is this?
Hieroglyphics “Alphabet” 24 “letters” + 700 phonetic symbols
Egyptian Creation Myth The Goddess Nut
Egyptian Gods & Goddesses:“The Sacred ‘Trinity’” Osiris Isis Horus
Preparations for the Underworld ANUBIS weighs the dead person’s heart against a feather. Priests protected your KA, or soul-spirit
Materials Used in Mummification 1. Linen 6. Natron2. Sawdust 7. Onion3. Lichen 8. Nile Mud4. Beeswax 9. Linen Pads5. Resin 10. Frankinsense
Egyptian Mummies Ramses II1279-1212 B. C. E. Seti I1291-1278 B. C. E. Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep II1210-1200 B. C. E.
Journey to the Underworld The dead travel on the “Solar Bark.” A boat for the journey is provided for a dead pharaoh in his tomb.
The Final Judgement Anubis Horus Osiris
Ankhenaton: First Monotheist? 1352-1336 B. C. E.