2. A View of Egypt by Satellite DELTA LOWER EGYPT SINAI PENINSULA

3. The Fertile Nile Valley

4. The Annual Flooding of the Nile

5. Egyptian Social Hierarchy

6. EGYPTIAN PHARAOHS نن Pharaoh means “great house” or “palace” ن Pharaohs had absolute power. Yet aided by families and bureaucracy. نن VIZIER held important position next to Pharaoh. He headed the bureaucracy.

7. Some Famous Egyptian Pharaohs Thutmose III 1504-1450 B. C. E. Ramses II 1279-1212 B. C. E. Tutankhamon 1336-1327 B. C. E.

8. Queen Nefertiti

9. POLITICAL Pharaoh – Religious and Political Ruler of Egypt Egyptian Government a Theocracy Pharaoh considered a god by the Egyptians

10. Egyptian Priestly Class Priest shared power with Pharaohs but Pharaohs had most of the power

11. RELIGION ANKH Polytheistic like the Mesopotamians

12. Egyptian Gods & Goddesses: “Polytheism’” Osiris Isis Horus

13. Egyptian Society and Daily Life

14. Section 2-30 Egyptians married young – Age 13 to 17. The husband was the master, but the wife ran the household and educated the children. – Example of Patriarchy but women had some rights. Women kept their property, even in marriage. Marriages could end in divorce, which included compensation for the women. Women could become independent merchants, priestesses, and even pharaohs. Marriage and Women’s Social Status (pages 51–52)

15. Rich versus Poor Middle Class Homes Peasant Homes

16. Scenes of Ancient Egyptian Daily Life

17. Making Ancient Egyptian Beer

18. Making Ancient Egyptian Wine

19. An Egyptian Woman’s “Must-Haves” Perfume Whigs Mirror

20. ARTS

21. Hieroglyphic “Cartouche” Hieroglyphics is Egyptian system of writing

22. Hieroglyphics “Alphabet” 24 “letters” + 700 phonetic symbols

23. Egyptian Scribe

24. Papyrus  Paper Papyrus Plant Hieratic Scroll Piece

25. Champollion & the Rosetta Stone

26. Stepped Pyramid slightly different than Ziggurats

27. “Bent” Pyramid of King Sneferu

28. Giza Pyramid Complex

29. Pyramids were symbols of the great power of Pharaohs – Tombs of the Pharaohs

30. The Valley of the Kings

31. Entrance to King “Tut’s” Tomb

32. King Tutankhamon’s Death Mask 1336-1327 B. C. E.

33. King Tutankhamon

34. King Tutankhamun’s Tomb

35. Treasures From Tut’s Tomb