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ANCIENT EGYPT

ANCIENT EGYPT. Land of the Nile. Historical Periods. Egypt by Satellite. The Nile River Valley. The Flooding of the Nile. Irrigation. Creation Myth. At first, there was only Nun . Nun was the dark waters of chaos. Creation Myth.

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ANCIENT EGYPT

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  1. ANCIENT EGYPT Land of the Nile

  2. Historical Periods

  3. Egypt by Satellite

  4. The Nile River Valley

  5. The Flooding of the Nile

  6. Irrigation

  7. Creation Myth At first, there was only Nun. Nun was the dark waters of chaos.

  8. Creation Myth One day, a hill rose up out of the waters. This hill was called Ben-Ben. On this hill stood Atum, the first god.

  9. Creation Myth Atum coughed and spat out Shu, the god of the air, and Tefnut, the goddess of moisture.

  10. Creation Myth Shu and Tefnut had two children. First, there was Geb, the god of the earth. Then, there was Nut, the goddess of the sky.

  11. Creation Myth Shu lifted Nut up so that she became a canopy over Geb.

  12. Creation Myth • Nut and Geb had four children named Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephthys. Osiris was the king of the earth and Isis was the queen.

  13. Creation Myth Osiris was a good king, and he ruled over The earth for many years.

  14. Creation Myth However, everything was not well. Seth was jealous of Osiris because he wanted to be the ruler of the earth.

  15. Creation Myth Seth grew angrier and angrier until one day he killed Osiris. Osiris went down into the underworld and Seth remained on earth and became king.

  16. Creation Myth Osiris and Isis had one son called Horus. Horus battled against Seth and regained the throne.

  17. Creation Myth After that, Horus was the king of the earth and Osiris was the king of the underworld.

  18. Cosmos • gods • spirits of deceased humans • existed in divine realm, had many of gods’ abilities • living humans • pharaoh most important, bridged human and divine worlds

  19. Maat • Maat or ma’at was the Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, law, morality, and justice. • Maat was also personified as a goddess regulating the stars, seasons, and the actions of both mortals and the deities, who set the order of the universe fromchaos at the moment of creation.

  20. Maat • associated with time • cyclical pattern of renewal to maintain Maat • annual Nile flood • succession of kings • daily journey of sun god Ra

  21. Journey of Ra

  22. Soul and Body The Ancient Egyptians believed that a humansoul was made up of five parts: the Ren, the Ba, the Ka, the Sheut, and the Ib. In addition to these components of the soul there was the human body, called the ha, meaning approximately the sum of bodily parts.

  23. Representation of the Soul

  24. Ib: The Heart • important part of the soul • seat of emotion, thought, will, and intention • key to the afterlife

  25. Social Classes

  26. 24 “letters” + 700 phonetic symbols Hieroglyphics

  27. Papyrus

  28. Daily Life

  29. Middle Class Home

  30. Peasant Home

  31. Nobility

  32. Egyptian Beauty

  33. Scribe

  34. Priest

  35. 1. Linen 6. Natron2. Sawdust 7. Onion3. Lichen 8. Nile Mud4. Beeswax 9. Linen Pads5. Resin 10. Frankincense

  36. Mummification

  37. Valley of the Kings

  38. Pyramids at Giza

  39. Great Pyramid of Khufu

  40. Great Sphinx

  41. King Tut

  42. Opening of the Mouth From the Book of the Dead

  43. Opening of the Mouth Ceremony

  44. A Boat for the Journey to the Afterlife Solar Bark Boat from a Pharaoh’s Tomb

  45. The Weighing of the Heart

  46. Final Judgment of the Dead

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