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Ancient Egypt: Religion, Mummification, and Kingdoms

Explore the importance of religion in Ancient Egypt, the meticulous mummification process, burial customs, division of the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms, and the rise and decline of this fascinating civilization.

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Ancient Egypt: Religion, Mummification, and Kingdoms

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  1. Importance of Religion

  2. 1. Book of the Dead

  3. 2. Pyramids/Temples

  4. 3. Artwork

  5. 4. Careful Burial Preparation

  6. Mummification Purpose- to preserve the body for the afterlife Process- (see slides) Results- a mummy

  7. Materials used in mummification: linen sawdust lichen beeswax resin natron onion Nile mud linen pads frankincense

  8. Mummification tools:Brain hooksOil jarFunnelEmbalmer's knife

  9. Burial Tombs

  10. Monotheism vs. Polytheism

  11. Division of Ancient Egypt • Old Kingdom • Middle Kingdom • New Kingdom

  12. Old Kingdom • 3100 BC- 2200 BC • Begins with the unification of upper and lower Egypt under King Menes

  13. Creates capital at Memphis

  14. Scenes Near Memphis

  15. The Old Kingdom is the time of the Pyramids

  16. Valley of the Kings

  17. The Old Kingdom ends with Civil War

  18. The Middle Kingdom:2060 BC- 1730 BC • Reunited under the Princes of Thebes (show book) • Time of engineering marvels • Canal built to connect the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea • Huge irrigation projects completed • Highpoint of Egyptian Literature • Trade Expands

  19. The Middle Kingdom Ends With the Invasion of the Hyksos • Hyksos thought to be an invading Asian group • Ruled Egypt for about 160 years • Brought with them new ideas and tech-nology (fight on horseback; use a chariot) • Little is known about them because eventually the Egyptians overthrew the Hyksos and destroyed any reference to them

  20. The New Kingdom: 1570-1100 BC • Was a time of Empire Building (why??) • Egypt build large armies and war fleets • Conquered large areas such as Palestine, Phonecia, Syria, Nubia, etc. (why- buffer zones) • Rulers began to build large statues of themselves and temples (ie Temple of Karnack

  21. Temple of Karnack

  22. New Kingdom Declines • Declines around 1100 BC • Does not become independent again until the 20th century

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