The Ancient Egyptians

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The Ancient Middle East
Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
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2. The Ancient Egyptians
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A View of Egypt by Satellite
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The Fertile Nile Valley
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The Annual Flooding of the Nile
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Nile Irrigation-the Shaduf
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Ancient Egyptian History
Periods Time Frame
Nile Culture Begins 3900 B. C. E.
Archaic 3100 2650 B. C. E.
Old Kingdom 2650 2134 B. C. E.
Middle Kingdom 2040 1640 B. C. E.
New Kingdom 1550 1070 B. C. E.
Late Period 750 332 B. C. E.
Greek Ptolemaic Era 332 30 B. C. E.
Roman Period 30 B. C. E. 395 C. E.
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Menes Unifier of Upper Lower Egypt
c. 3050 B. C. E. ?
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Ancient Egyptian Housing
Middle Class Homes
Peasant Homes
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Scenes of Ancient EgyptianDaily Life
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Making Ancient Egyptian Beer
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Making Ancient Egyptian Wine
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An Egyptian Womans Must-Haves
Mirror
Perfume
Whigs
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Egyptian Social Hierarchy
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Some Famous Egyptian Pharaohs
Tutankhamon1336-1327 B. C. E.
Thutmose III1504-1450 B. C. E.
Ramses II1279-1212 B. C. E.
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Egyptian Nobility
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Egyptian Priestly Class
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Egyptian Scribe
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Papyrus ? Paper
Hieratic Scroll Piece
Papyrus Plant
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Egyptian Math Draftsmenship

1 10 100 1000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000
What number is this?
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Champollion the Rosetta Stone
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Hieroglyphic Cartouche
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Hieroglyphics Alphabet
24 letters 700 phonetic symbols
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Egyptian Creation Myth
The Goddess Nut
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Egyptian Gods GoddessesThe Sacred Trinity
Osiris Isis
Horus
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Preparations for the Underworld
ANUBIS weighs the dead persons heart against a
feather.
Priests protected your KA, or soul-spirit
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Materials Used in Mummification
1. Linen
6. Natron2. Sawdust
7. Onion3. Lichen
8. Nile Mud4. Beeswax
9. Linen Pads5. Resin
10. Frankinsense
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Preparation for the Afterlife
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Egyptian Mummies
Ramses II1279-1212 B. C. E.
Seti I1291-1278 B. C. E.
Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep II1210-1200 B. C.
E.
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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.
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Egyptian Book of the Dead
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The Final Judgement
Anubis
Horus Osiris
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Shabtis The Pharaohs Servants in the
Afterlife
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Stepped Pyramid at Saqqara
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Bent Pyramid of King Sneferu
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Giza Pyramid Complex
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Plan of the Great Pyramid of Khufu
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The Valley of the Kings
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Archaeologist, Howard Carter (1922)
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Entrance to King Tuts Tomb
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King Tutankhamons Death Mask
1336-1327 B. C. E.
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King Tutankhamon
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King Tutankhamuns Tomb
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Treasures From Tuts Tomb
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The Valley of the Queens
Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
1473-1458 B. C. E.
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Ankhenaton First Monotheist?
1352-1336 B. C. E.
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The Ankh The Cross of Life
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QueenNefertiti
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Abu SimbelMonument to Ramses II
1279-1213 B. C. E.
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Who Are These Strange People?
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Routes of the Sea Peoples
The end of the Bronze Age!