EGYPT

Nile River flooding.

Pharaoh Menes

Why is he important?

Pyramid & Tomb Map

Individual limestone building blocks of the pyramids.

The first pyramid was the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, built for King Zoser in 2750 BCE.

Cheops pyramid.

Sphinx.

Overlooks Cairo.

Body of lion, head of pharaoh.

Hyksos invade.

•Egyptian pictogram of Ma’at.

•What is Ma’at? Why is it important?

•Ma’at often represented as a goddess wearing a feather.

•How did Osiris use the feather?

Hieroglyphics.

Rosetta Stone.

Ptah.

Ptah

Nut Geb

Osiris & Isis Seth & Nephthys

Horus

All Pharaohs

Egyptian Creation Myth

How does the sun god, Ra, fit in?

Ra

a.k.a.

Re, Amon Re, or Amon Ra

Osiris.

Isis

Horus

Weighing of the deceased heart against Ma’at.

5. Osiris welcoming deceased.

2. Anubis leading deceased along.

3. Weighing of heart against Ma’at’s feather.

4. Passed test. Now on to Osiris and the underworld afterlife.

1. Deceased meeting with committee.

Akhenaten

a.k.a.

Amenhotep IV

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