EGYPTIAN LITERATURE

The 3 part of the land of Egypt are:

South- Upper part

(symbolized by: Lotus, Vulture, and White Crown)

North- Lower part(symbolized by: papyrus, Red Crown, and Cobra)

West- Death

In the Land of Egypt there are

42 Noam’s with different Capital.

Division of Noam’s :

North (Lower Part) - 20 Noam's South ( Upper Part) - 22 Noam’s

The History of Egyptian Literature:

6000 DC - The citizen of Egypt realize the

important of Nile River. 3100 DC - Their Civilization was started - They become Organized - Narmer/Menes- (Founder) - First Dynasty

2580 DC - Zoser ( built the first

Stone Pyramid at Saqqara) - There is Mummification (

They place it at cannofic Jar) - Second Dynasty 2000 BC - They started to colonize

just to expand their place. - Third Dynasty

1540 BC - The First Female Pharaoh

(Hatu Shepsut) - Her husband is Thutmose I

( her half brother/ her husband) - He ruled Egypt for only 4

years. - Hatu Shepsut became

pharaoh because their child is only an infant.

- It focus on Architecture - Fourth Dynasty

1353 BC - They practice Monotheism - Amenhotep IV ( Their

patron/ natty) - He changed his name as

Akenhaten from the name of God that he want to change as (Athen)

13 Century BC - Ramises ( Pharaoh of

Moses time) - He saved many Israelites

332 BC - Alexander the Great - He tried to conquer the Egypt and

he succeed. 1805 - The start of Modernization in

Egypt - Muhammad Ali- Pharaoh of that

time - They started accepting Foreigners - There’s a “First Port” (Muhammad

Ali created the first port.

CULTURE AND SOCIETY

The Hierarchy of Egypt

1) PHARAOH2) VIZIER3) PRIEST HOOD4) ARMY GENERALS5) OFFICIALS6) MAYORS 7) WORKING CLASS8) CRIMINAL/SLAVE

RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY

They Practice Black Magic They Sacrifice for their God

Atum

She

tefnut

Atum - First God (Had 2 Children) She - One of the children of Atum - God Of Air Tefnut - One of the children of

Atum - Goddess of Moisture

She & tefnut

geb

nut

She and Tefnut marry each other They had 2 Children

Geb - God Of Earth Nut – Goddess of Sky

Geb & nut

osiris

isis

seth

nepthiz

GEB AND NUT ALSO MARRY EACH OTHER THEY HAVE 4 CHILDREN

OSIRIS - GOD OF UNDERWORLD - SETH ATTEMPT TO KILL HIM - HE TRANSFER AT THE

UNDERWORLD BECAUSE OF THAT - HE IS THE GOD AMONG GODDESSES ISIS - GOD OF MAGIC SETH – GOD OF DESSERT (EVIL/STORMS) NEPTHIZ - GOD OF AIR, DEATH, AND

MORNING

Osiris and Isis also marry each other They had a child named Horus

Horus - King of the Earth - He is successful to killed

Seth

Kemet - Name of Ancient Egypt - It means “Black Sand”

horus

osiris

isis

5 PERIODS OF EGYPTIAN LITERATURE

The 5 Periods of Egyptian Literature are:

Old Kingdom First Intermediate Kingdom Middle Kingdom New Kingdom Late Period

Old Kingdom - You can read the text on

Pyramid (Pyramid Texts) - Their way of writing here is

“Hierogliphics” - They write their writings

on “Papyrus” - The Subject of their

Literature is more on “Mortuary” Mortuary talks about “Death

and Burial”

First Intermediate Kingdom - They use to write in

Coffin / Casket - They write the

Autobiography of the dead person on their coffin

- Famous work in this period was entitled “The Dialogue of a man with his ba”

Ba – It means “Soul”

Middle Kingdom - They made songs for their

God and Goddesses - They had God and Goddesses

New Kingdom - The prominent subject of

Literature are: Heroism Colonial Military

Late Period - The prominent subject in

this period is “Science” and “Mathematics”

- They tells story about adventures of various magicians

- Some of the famous works in this period are:

“The Tale of Sinuhe” - about a poor man named

Sinuhe and he became rich “An Eloquent Peasants”

THANK YOU!!!

PREPARED BY:

CABARDO, REICHEAL ANN C. BSED- ENGLISH II