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The Ancient Middle East

The Ancient Middle East. Chapter 2. 2. The Ancient Egyptians. A View of Egypt by Satellite. The Fertile Nile Valley. 4000 MILES LONG!. The Annual Flooding of the Nile. Entire Civilization relied on the FLOOD!. Nile Irrigation-the Shaduf. An irrigation tool – to draw water (well ).

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The Ancient Middle East

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  1. The Ancient Middle East Chapter 2

  2. 2. The Ancient Egyptians

  3. A View of Egypt by Satellite

  4. The Fertile Nile Valley 4000 MILES LONG!

  5. The Annual Flooding of the Nile Entire Civilization relied on the FLOOD!

  6. Nile Irrigation-the Shaduf An irrigation tool – to draw water (well)

  7. Ancient Egyptian History

  8. Menes: Unifier of Upper & Lower Egypt c. 3050 B. C. E. ?

  9. Ancient Egyptian Housing Middle Class Homes Peasant Homes

  10. Scenes of Ancient EgyptianDaily Life

  11. Making Ancient Egyptian Beer

  12. Making Ancient Egyptian Wine

  13. Egyptian Social Hierarchy

  14. Some Famous Egyptian Pharaohs Tutankhamon1336-1327 B. C. E. Thutmose III1504-1450 B. C. E. Ramses II1279-1212 B. C. E.

  15. Egyptian Nobility

  16. Egyptian Priestly Class

  17. Egyptian Scribe

  18. Papyrus  Paper Hieratic Scroll Piece Papyrus Plant

  19. Champollion & the Rosetta Stone

  20. Hieroglyphic “Cartouche”

  21. Hieroglyphics “Alphabet” 24 “letters” + 700 phonetic symbols

  22. Egyptian Creation Myth The Goddess Nut (of sky)

  23. Egyptian Gods & Goddesses:“The Sacred ‘Trinity’” Osiris Isis Horus

  24. Preparations for the Underworld ANUBIS weighs the dead person’s heart against a feather. Priests protected your KA, or soul-spirit

  25. Preparation for the Afterlife

  26. Egyptian Mummies Ramses II1279-1212 B. C. E. Seti I1291-1278 B. C. E. Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep II1210-1200 B. C. E.

  27. 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.

  28. Egyptian Book of the Dead

  29. The Final Judgement Anubis Horus Osiris

  30. Shabtis: The Pharaoh’s Servants in the Afterlife

  31. Stepped Pyramid at Saqqara

  32. “Bent” Pyramid of King Sneferu

  33. Giza Pyramid Complex

  34. Plan of the Great Pyramid of Khufu

  35. The Valley of the Kings

  36. Archaeologist, Howard Carter (1922)

  37. Entrance to King “Tut’s” Tomb

  38. King Tutankhamon’s Death Mask 1336-1327 B. C. E.

  39. King Tutankhamon

  40. King Tutankhamun’s Tomb

  41. Treasures From Tut’s Tomb

  42. The Valley of the Queens Temple of Queen Hatshepsut 1473-1458 B. C. E.

  43. The Ankh – The “Cross” of Life

  44. Abu Simbel:Monument to Ramses II 1279-1213 B. C. E.

  45. Who Are These Strange People?

  46. Routes of the “Sea Peoples” The end of the Bronze Age!

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