What will we learn?

1) Different kinds of Egyptian tombs.

2) The origin of these buildings and structure.

3) The purpose for which these tombs were built.

4) New historical and artistic vocabulary.

TOMBS IN THE ANCIENT EGYPT:

Belief in the afterlife made the Pharaohs and members of the upper

classes would build large tombs to protect the rest of the deceased.

The poorest social groups, were mummified and buried in large pits

or under the desert sand.

The Mastaba:

The mastaba tombs are so named because they resemble the benches

outside shops in the markets. Mastaba is an Arabic word. Are flat-

roofed, rectangular pyramids. They normally were used for the burial

of important people.

The mastaba tombs beside the Pyramids were laid out on a grid,

providing laneways for acces to the tombs.

Rita Willaert (Sakkara, de trappiramide en de ommuring)

https://flic.kr/p/hdxez

Each mastaba tomb had at least one shaft burial. The mummy cases

were lowered into the shaft and burial. The mummies in their mummy

cases were lowered into the shaft and grave goods were placed around

them. Then the shaft was filled with stones to prevent looting and

vandalism.

The tombs also had other functions in addition to burial. The tombs

also had a chapel that was accessed from the outside. These were often

decorated. Offerings to the spirit of the deceased were left by their

descendants.

The Pyramids:

Are the largest funerary monuments on earth. A pyramid is a structure

or monument, usually with a quadrilateral base, which rises to a

triangular point. Although largely associated exclusively with Egypt,

the pyramid shape was first used in ancient Mesopotamia in the mud-

brick structures known as ziggurats, and continued to be used by the

Greeks and Romans.

Inside a pyramid there were different rooms, one of them was

the death chamber where they deposited the dead mummy and its

funerary dowry. The biggest and most well known of these were the

Keops, Kefrén and Micerino Pharaohs, which were located in Giza.

Gloria_euyoque Giza Pyramids (Cairo, Egypt) https://flic.kr/p/4i5GoQ

The pyramid was a royal tomb and considered the place of ascent for

the spirit of the deceased pharaoh. From the top point of the pyramid,

it was thought, the soul would travel to the after-life of the Field of

Reeds and, if it so chose, could easily return to earth.

The Hypogeum:

Empire again fear looting and theft caused prefer pharaohs were

buried in underground tombs, which are large underground burial

chambers excavated and beautifully decorated luxury. The most

interesting group is located in the Valley of the Kings, near Tebas.

Highlights Tutankhamun, which was found intact in 1922.

Zolakoma Tomb of Ramses the 4th, Valley of the Kings

https://flic.kr/p/5g4bt8

TOMBS IN THE ANCIENT EGYPT QUIZ:

https://www.onlinequizcreator.com/tombs-in-the-ancient-

egypt/quiz-73484

VIDEO ACTIVITY:

Let’s see the following video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lotbZQ55SgU

Homework:

Write 5 sentences about how the pyramids

construction process works.

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