Transcript Ancient Africa Ch. 8 - History Showcase

Ancient Africa
Chapter 8
J. Mikell Phoenix
2/24/09
Dr. Linebarger
Power Point Presentation
Ancient African history
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Ancient Africa
- beginning of civilization
- Kemet
- Nile Valley
The Nile valley
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The primary evidence of early agriculture,
architecture, engineering, language, writing,
philosophy, science and religion began
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Extends over 4,000 miles
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River system is the world’s longest waterway
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Nile River flows south to north
Kemet
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Began in the ancient city of Nubia
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Re-discovered on March 1,1979 by
professors Keith Seele and Bruce Williams.
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They discovered more than 5,000 artifacts
during the digs in ancient Nubia.
The accomplishments of Kemet
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Great influence on the arts and sciences
- Relationship of sun, stars and moon
- Stellar, lunar and solar calendars
- Predicted eclipses
- Identified five planets
- Divided year into three seasons
Kemet symbols and their symbolic meaning
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The lion was a symbol of great importance in the
Nile valley and has had a profound influence on
contemporary society.
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The benu bird is an ancient mythical symbol which
represents the regeneration of the soul.
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The myth of Ausar (Osiris) was the earliest record
story of a god-man who was symbolically crucified,
resurrected from death and reigned eternally in
heaven.
Great Pharaohs and Queens
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King Tutankhamen
Ramesses the Great
Nefertiti
Hatshepsut
King Tutankhamen
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Boy king
Egyptian pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty
His original name, Tutankhaten
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means "Living Image of Aten”
Ramesses the great
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reigned for 67 years during the 19th dynasty
of the 12th century BC
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also known as a peace-maker and for the
monuments he left behind all over Egypt.
He was the first king in history to sign a peace
treaty with his enemies, the Hittites, ending long
years of wars and hostility.
The symbols on the dollar bill and
their relation to Ancient Africa
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A Frenchman named Pierre Du Simitiere introduced the shield, E
Pluribus Unum
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The final design submitted by the committee was rejected
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the roman numerals MDCCLXXVI which mean 1776
the eye within the triangle.
second committee was formed in January of 1777.
Francis Hopkins proposed the pyramid, an olive branch and a
radiant constellation of the thirteen stars.
No favorable action was taken on these designs and a third
committee was formed.
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The third committee and final committee met on may 4 1782.
secretary of congress Charles Thompson appointed William Barton
as chief artistic consultant.
These two men borrowed and modified the ideas from the two
previous committees and finalized the designs that ultimately grace
the obverse and reversed of the official great seal.
The Caduceus
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a symbol representing a
variety of disciplines in the
medical profession.
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associated with the Roman
god Mercury and his Greek
predecessor Hermes.
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is referred to as the “Staff of
Hermes”.
Mercury and Hermes evolved
from the Nile valley Netcher
Djhuiti,who was associated
with medicine.
Djhuiti is found holding a staff
with a cobra intertwined
around it in Africa
Imhotep
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The father of medicine
Great architect
 designed Djoser's tomb
 a step pyramid in
Saqqara that's
considered the
world's oldest stone
building.
Was a priest and high
government official
 Egyptian Third Dynasty
king Djoser
Nefertiti
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One of the greatest
queens in Egyptian
history
Wife of Akhenaten
during the Eighteenth
Dynasty.
Hatshepsut
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the fifth pharaoh of the
eighteenth dynasty of
Ancient Egypt.
reigned longer than any
other woman of an
indigenous Egyptian
dynasty .
My Sources
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www.mnsu.Edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/hi
story/history/people/nefertiti.html
En.wikipedia.org/wiki/tutankhamun
www.Touregypt.net/featurestories/treaty.htm
Http://www.sullivanet.com/mummy/historicimhotep
Nile Valley Contributions to Civilizations by
Anthony T. Browder