LO3 Land of the pharaohs: Egypt

The Narmer palette: this palette was used for grinding makeup for divine images in an Upper Egyptian temple about 3100 B.C.

Ancient Egypt: Egyptian civilization grew up in a thin strip of fertile land where the Nile crosses the North African desert, and in the border region of the river’s delta. Beyond these “Two Lands” of Upper and Lower Egypt lived wealthy and powerful African and Asian peoples. In the New Kingdom, Egypt dominated and influenced many of these peoples as well. Later on, some of them in turn conquered Egypt.

The Nile and the “two lands”

 Pharaohs- the rulers of ancient Egypt

Government by a God-King

“Hail to thee, O Nile that issues from the earth and comes to keep Egypt alive! Hidden in his form of appearance, a darkness by day, to whom minstrels have sung. He that makes to drink the desert and the place distant from water: that is his dew coming down (from) heaven”

Tending the “Cattle of God”

Men and Women under the Pharaohs

Gods, Humans, and everlasting Life

The Great Sphinx: This famous monument carved out of solid rock in the royal burial area at Giza, expresses the Egyptian belief in the pharaoh

The Writing of the Words of God

Calendars and Sailboats

Hieroglyphs- the earliest Egyptian writing, in which pictures stood for whole words or separate sounds of words

Pyramid- a massive structure with sloping sides that met at an apex, used as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt

Pyramids and Temples

King Menkaure and his queen 2500 B.C.

Isis, Guide of Souls- in this tomb painting, Isis leads Nefetaria into the land of the dead.

The Rhythm of Egypt’s history