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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt. The Study of Ancient Egypt. Jean Francois Champollion (1790-1832) The Father Of Egyptology and the decipherer of hieroglyphics . Coloured engraving from Champolion’s epic publication Monument de l’ Egypt showing Ramses II in his chariot. Ippolito Rosellini

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Ancient Egypt

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  1. Ancient Egypt

  2. The Study of Ancient Egypt

  3. Jean Francois Champollion (1790-1832) The Father Of Egyptology and the decipherer of hieroglyphics.

  4. Coloured engraving from Champolion’s epic publication Monument de l’ Egypt showing Ramses II in his chariot.

  5. IppolitoRosellini He specialized in the Hebrew and Arabic languages, becoming professor of oriental languages when he was just 24 years old. It was during this period that he learned about French Egyptologist Jean François Champollion’s great discovery of how to decipher hieroglyphics (1822), based on his genial intuition of studying the Rosetta stone as described in “Précis du systèmehiéroglyphique des anciensEgyptiens” published in 1824.

  6. Coloured engraving showing Theban tomb painting from Rosellini’s publication(1832-44) which recorded Egyptian monument in great detail.)

  7. David Roberts 24 October 1796 – 25 November 1864 He is especially known for a prolific series of detailed prints of Egypt and the Near East that he produced during the 1840s from sketches he made during long tours of the region (1838–1840)

  8. The temple of Abu Simbel by David Roberts.

  9. Giovanni Battista Belzoni 15 November 1778 – 3 December 1824), The Great Belzoni, was a prolific Venetian explorer of Egyptian antiquities.

  10. His skills in engineering led Belzoni in the removal of a colossal bust of Ramses II.

  11. Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist, noted as a primary discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

  12. The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922, the first Phaaoh’s tomb to be found virtually intact.

  13. Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), Known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology. Known for Merneptah Stele.

  14. The Merneptah Stele — also known as the Israel Stele or Victory Stele of Merneptah — is an inscription by the Ancient Egyptian king Merneptah(reign:1213 to 1203 BC), which appears on the reverse side of a granite stele erected by the king Amenhotep III. It was discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1896 at Thebes.

  15. Hieroglyphics

  16. Egyptian hieroglyphs was a formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that contained a combination of logographic and alphabetic elements  A logogram defines the object of which it is an image. Logograms are therefore the most frequently used common nouns. Sun: House:

  17. Egyptian Gods

  18. Description: God of Sun Appearance: Falcon-head and sun-disk God Ra

  19. Description: God of Creation and Wind Appearance/symbol: crowned with feathers two vertical plumes, the ram-headed Sphinx (Criosphinx) God Amun

  20. Description: God of the king, the sky and vengeance Appearance/symbol: The wedjat eye head of hawk and crown of Egypt Horus

  21. Description: God of the Earth Appearance/symbol: bearded man with a goose on his head Geb

  22. Description: God of the afterlife/Lord of the Dead Appearance/symbol: His green skin symbolizes re-birth. Crook and flail Osiris

  23. Description: Goddess of motherhood, magic and fertility Appearance: Originally, the goddess Isis was portrayed as a woman, wearing a headress shaped like a throne. Isis

  24. Description: Goddess of the Night and Lamentation Appearance: Nephthys was normally portraited as a young woman, wearing a headress in the shape of a house and basket Nepthys

  25. Description: God of storms, chaos and the desert Appearance/symbol: Was Scepter animal head with long curved snout Set

  26. Description: God of cemeteries and embalming Appearance: Head of a jackal Anubis

  27. Egyptian Pharaoh

  28. Pharaoh -comes from the Egyptian word “Per-aa”, which means Great House and originally referred to the palace rather than the king himself.

  29. Pharaoh -King of Egypt -the Lord of the Two Lands.

  30. Royal Crowns

  31. Hedjet The Hedjet or White Crown of Upper Egypt is a tall white conical headpiece and was used in later times to denote the pharaohs rulership of Upper Egypt.

  32. Deshret -Red Crown of Lower Egypt

  33. Khepresh -Blue war crown

  34. Pschent - Double crown of the Upper and Lower Egypt.

  35. Hemhem very elaborate form of the Atef crown, sometimes known as the triple Atef crown. It is worn here by Rameses II.

  36. Atef -worn during religious rituals. It is basically a white crown which is trimmed with ostrich feathers and has a gold disk at the top.

  37. Royal Ureaus Crown also referred to as the sacred serpent crown.

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