1. The Ancient
Middle East

2. A View of Egypt by Satellite

3. The Fertile Nile Valley

4. The Annual Flooding of the Nile

5. Irrigation
A system for watering crops

6. Civilization
A society that has achieved a high level of culture in areas of government, religion, technology, art, and science.

7. Scenes of Ancient Egyptian Daily Life

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

9. Pharaoh
Ruler of ancient Egypt
worshiped as a God

10. Some Famous Egyptian Pharaohs
“King Tut”
Tutankhamon B. C. E.
**QUEEN
HATSHEPSUT
One of the few women to rule Egypt**
Ramses II B. C. E.

11. Egyptian Nobility

12. Egyptian Priestly Class

13. Egyptian Scribe

14. Papyrus  Paper
This paper is made from the Papyrus plant, which grows along the Nile River.
Hieratic Scroll Piece
Papyrus Plant

15. The Rosetta Stone
Stone discovered in Rosetta, Egypt that was inscribed with 3 languages and helped to decode the hieroglyphic writing system.

16. Picture symbols in the Egyptian writing system
Hieroglyphics
Picture symbols in the Egyptian writing system

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

18. Mummification The process of preserving a body for burial.
Priests protected your KA, or soul-spirit

19. Materials Used in Mummification
1. Linen Natron 2. Sawdust Onion 3. Lichen Nile Mud 4. Beeswax Linen Pads 5. Resin Frankinsense

20. Preparation
for the
Afterlife

21. Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep II 1210-1200 B. C. E.
Egyptian Mummies
Seti I B. C. E.
Ramses II B. C. E.
Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep II B. C. E.

22. 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.

23. Pyramid
Stone structure with a square base and four triangular sides built as a tomb in ancient Egypt

24. Giza Pyramid Complex
One of the 7 wonders of the world!

25. Plan of the Great Pyramid of Khufu

26. The Valley of the Kings

27. The study of past cultures by analyzing their remains.
Archaeology
Howard Carter (1922)
The study of past cultures by analyzing their remains.

28. Mastaba Flat structure used as a tomb by a pharaoh,
-it was the precursor to the pyramid

29. King Tutankhamon’s Death Mask
B. C. E.

30. Sarcophagus
A stone coffin

31. King Tutankhamun’s Tomb

32. Treasures From Tut’s Tomb

33. Scarab
Beetle, or an ornament representing a beetle, that is thought to be sacred