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Ancient Egypt

Go to Main Menu. Ancient Egypt. 9 th Grade World History Miss. Stauffer. Main Menu Click on each picture to learn more about each topic!. All done? Click here to go to the Review Question. Geography. Religion. Mummification. Journey of the Ka. Pharaohs. Pyramids / Temples.

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Ancient Egypt

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  1. Go to Main Menu Ancient Egypt 9th Grade World History Miss. Stauffer

  2. Main MenuClick on each picture to learn more about each topic! All done? Click here to go to the Review Question Geography Religion Mummification Journey of the Ka Pharaohs Pyramids / Temples Hieroglyphics Culture and Lifestyle

  3. Geography Return to Main Menu • Egypt is in Northern Africa, in the Mediterranean • Ancient Egypt is broken up into: • Lower Egypt • Upper Egypt • 5 Cataracts - Southern Nile • This is determined by the Nile, running South to North • Lower Egypt- Nile Delta • Upper Egypt- Where Nile begins

  4. Religion Return to Main Menu • Polytheistic • Each god or goddess had their own job in maintaining peace on the land. • Ra- Sun god (most important) • Anubis- god of mummification & the dead • Horus- God of the sky, protector god • Ma’at- Goddess of truth, justice and harmony • They believed in reincarnationand an endless cycle of renewal. • They were obsessed with death.

  5. Mummification Return to Main Menu • Definition: Process of preserving the dead for the soul’s afterlife. • 1. Embalming the body with oils • 2. The brain, intestines, stomach and lungs taken out & preserved and the body is dried for 40 days with Natron (note: the heart was not! That was the “center” of life and needed in the afterlife) • 3. The body is washed and stuffed with dry materials to be life like. Wrapped organs are returned to the body. • 4. The body is wrapped numerous times and placed in a coffin and finally in a sarcophagus.

  6. Journey of the Ka Return to Main Menu • Egyptians believed that the dead go on a journey in the after life • This is where Anubis weighs their heart to determine if they have lived their life under the Ma’at principle. (life of pure good, not evil) • If they pass, and their heart is light, their soul will enjoy immortality in the underworld. • The dead roam through Duat (the underworld) in search of the House of Judgment.

  7. Pyramids / Temples Return to Main Menu Pyramids at Giza Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut • Built for pharaohs and their queens in the Old Kingdom. • They served as the final resting place. • Roughly 80 pyramids in Egypt, however those at Giza remained the most intact. • By the 18th Dynasty, pharaohs chose to be buried in temples rather than pyramids. • Hatshepsut’s temple was the first in the Valley of the Kings. • This architecture was widely imitated by later successors of Egypt.

  8. Hieroglyphics Return to Main Menu • Egyptians used a type of “picture” writing called hieroglyphics. • However, there’s other types as well. • hieroglyphs –religious documentation • Cursive hieratic - administrative documents • Informal- short hand versions for note taking, perhaps on papyrus (similar to paper today- light, portable scrolls) • How did we decipher Egyptian writings? • The Rosetta Stone with 3 forms of writing: hieroglyphs, demotic Egyptian & classical Greek.

  9. Pharaohs Return to Main Menu • Hatshepsut: (1479 – 1458 BCE) • Warrior female pharaoh with many successful military campaigns extending trade and diplomacy. • Buried along with her father in her Mortuary Temple Hatshepsut in the Valley of the Kings. • Tutankhamen: (1333-1324 BCE) • The famous “Boy Kind” became pharaoh at just 9 years old when his father, Akhenaten, mysteriously passes. • His tomb, hidden under Ramses VI in the Valley of the Kings was found by Howard Carter in 1922. • Cleopatra: (69-30 BCE) • The last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt and ran Egypt in her own right during the Ptolemaic Dynasty.

  10. Culture and Lifestyle Return to Main Menu • Life revolved around the Nile in all of Egyptian culture. • Most Egyptians were either farmers, craftsmen or scribes (people who read and wrote hieroglyphics as their job) • There were also servants and slaves who worked for the wealthy and of course the pharaohs and nobles. • Religion was extremely important to the culture and obeying the many gods and goddesses.

  11. Which Pharaoh Receded Akhenaten? A.) Hatshepsut B.) Cleopatra C.) Tutankhamen

  12. You answered: Hatshepsut Nice try, but Hatshepsut is not correct. She was actually pharaoh before Akhenaten’s time. She receded her husband / brother, Thutmose II. Click here to try again!

  13. You answered: Cleopatra Good guess, but not quite. Cleopatra was the last Egyptian Pharaoh and ruled many years after Akhenaten’s time. Click here to try again!

  14. You answered: Tutankhamen Yes! Correct! Tutankhamen ruled at only 9 years old after his father, Akhenaten mysteriously died. He ruled for another 9 years until his death. CORRECT! Click here to go on.

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