Transcript Ancient Egypt

Traveling up the Nile :D
The Egyptian Nile Sail
Boats, also know as
Fedoras.
To rent one of these
bad boys, you’ll be
expected to pay no less
than maybe $4,000.
Maps of Ancient Egypt.
The Old Kingdom
2700 BCE-2200 BCE
Pharaohs had absolute power and were
considered gods on Earth.
Pharaohs were buried in pyramids during only
this time period in history.
After building a few pyramids, the Pharaohs
realized the pyramids were easy to spot,
making tomb robbing more likely.
Things changed by the Middle Kingdom.
The Middle Kingdom
The New Kingdom
Known as Egypt’s expansive period
Egypt expanded its borders through military
conquest and became a world power.
Pharaohs were all powerful, all the pharaohs
were buried in the same geographic area
called the Valley of the Kings.
The Pyramids of Egypt
The Step Pyramid of Djoser
The Maidum Pyramid
The Bent Pyramid
The Red Pyramid
The Great Pyramid
The Pyramid Of Khafre
The Pyramid Of Menkaure
The Pyramid Of Pepi 2
The Step Pyramid Of Djoser
It was intended to hold Pharaoh Djoser’s
mummified body.
It started traditional flat roofed mastaba, but
by the end of his 19 year reign, it had risen 6
step layers and stood 204 feet high.
Making it the largest building of it’s time.
The Maidum Pyramid
It was influenced by the Step Pyramid Of
Djoser.
The first Egyptian pyramid with an above
ground burial chamber.
Today on the 3 highest step are visible above
the shifting sands, fallen debris, and sloping
base.
The Bent Pyramid
The first Egyptian attempt at a smooth-sided
pyramid.
The cult of Snefru was centered at the Bent
Pyramid, even though he was never buried
there.
The Red Pyramid
It boasted a single burial chamber that was
accessed through 2 smaller chambers.
It was the first true pyramid.
Snefru may have been buried here.
It seems likely that his son, Pharaoh Khufu,
finished the construction after his father’s
death quickly.
The Great Pyramid
The worlds largest pyramid.
It was order to be constructed by Pharaoh
Khufu.
It has 3 burial chambers.
The first is underground, carved into bedrock,
the second is above ground called the queens
chamber, the third is the kings chamber,
placed exactly at the center.
It has 2.3 million stone blocks weighing 2.5 to
15 tons each.
The Black Pyramid
This pyramid is known as The Black Pyramid
because of its dark color.
It was made out of mud rock and clay, instead
of stone.
Constructed by Pharaoh Amenemhat 3 at
Dashur.
Pharaoh Amenemhat 3 reigned for 46 years
and his reign was known as a very peaceful
and prosperous time in Egypt.
Temple Medinet Habu
 Located on the West Bank of Luxor, Medinet Habu is
the Arabic name for a huge temple complex second
only to Karnak in size and better preserved.
 Pharaohs Hatshepsut and Tutmosis III built a small
temple dedicated to Amun on the site. Next to their
temple, Ramesses III built his mortuary temple,
Medinet Habu’s largest standing monument.
 Ramesses III then enclosed both structures within a
massive mud-brick wall that included storehouses,
workshops, and residences.
Temple of Kom Ombo
Situated on a high dune overlooking the Nile, The
Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double
temple built during the Ptolemaic dynasty.
The actual temple was started by Ptolemy VI
Philometor in the early second century BC.
The Temple of Kom Ombo is actually two temples
and everything is duplicated along the main axis.
There are two entrances, two courts, two
colonades, two hypostyle halls and two
sanctuaries.