Dynasties of ancient Egypt

Egyptians Egyptians are considered an ethnic group as well as the citizens that call Egypt home. They share a common culture and a variety of Arabic as their spoken language. Because there culture is so fast, our group centered our portions of the presentation on what we believe were the most interesting aspects of Egyptian culture. The first topic that I covered was Egyptian symbols. Because Egypt has a vast number of symbols, I focused specifically on the “Mau,” Ankh, Canopic Jars, Flail and…

Explanation of a Middle Kingdom Queen This statuette from the Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt shows a queen. It is made of deep green schist. It is dated to the end of Dynasty 12 and the beginning of Dynasty 13 due to the style of the artist and the clothing of the queen. The small statuette is 16.3 cm in height, 11 cm in width, and 7.5 cm in length. This piece was excavated by Nicolas Koutoulakis, funded purchased by The Roger Fund in 1965. It is in mediocre condition, with damages on the face…

When upper and lower egypt unified Wadjet would usually be paired with a the White Vulture and be known as the “two ladies”. Wadjet was known to be a fighter and never retreated, also was originally the goddess of the cobra, and in the bronze sculpture of Wadjet has a head of a lion. This extra animalistic features was added in because later on in time it was told she merged with the Cat Goddess Bast, which gave her extra fierce strength to protect. “Many of their ancient gods were subsumed into…

Egypt had a completely different culture than what Mesopotamia had. When Abraham went to visit Egypt in Genesis 12, he came from a sophisticated environment of Ur to Egypt’s royal housing. I knew a little bit of what Egypt was like by reading the stories of when the Israelites were captured and were slaves. Egypt was a place where it never rained and their soil had to be irrigated. It wasn’t surrounded by mountains or hills, but by a great river called the Nile. Egypt had a central government…

How tall is the Great Pyramid at Giza? The Great Pyramid at Giza is “the largest and oldest” of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was originally roughly 146 meters tall (481 feet). However it has “lost about 10 meters in height over the millennia.” Now it stands at the height of approximately 139 (455 feet.) https://www.thoughtco.com/how-tall-was-the-great-pyramid-118066 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza 2. How many blocks of stone are in the Great Pyramid? The…

world, the Nile. During the third millennium BCE these people created a distinctive and powerful state. Many of the people living here had migrated to Egypt, some from the eastern and western deserts in Sinai and Libya. Ancient Egypt was an area where different cultures blended cultural practices and technologies. Very similar to the people of Egypt were the people of East Asia. Just like all the other people of this time, East Asians settled in river basins. These settlements along the Yellow…

Abstract Hypocephalus is a small round disk-shaped object generally made not only of plastered linen, but also of papyrus, bronze, gold, wood, or clay. Ancient Egyptians used it from the Late Period by placing it under the heads of their deceased persons. This odd disk, covered with strange images and texts, is known as "Hypocephalus," which is a Greek word for "That which is below the head," referring to its religious significance. This unusual religious pillow enabled the deceased to identify…

During the end of the Twelfth Dynasty at the close of the Middle Kingdom, the Hyksos foreigners invaded the Nile River Valley and eventually gained control over the majority of the Egyptian Kingdom. While it is disputed whether the foreigners emerged from Asia or from areas of Palestine, this feat was achieved through superior technology surpassing that of the Egyptians. This caused the Second Intermediate Period, or the time before the New Kingdom and after the Middle during which the Hyksos…

Pharaoh is the title that was used for monarchs of Ancient Egypt, which also resembled their greatness and power. Another aspect that resembled them was the fact that they wore headdresses. There were two types of headdresses, the first type was, the Khat headdress, which was used by Den, an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh who ruled the 3rd Dynasty. The second type was the “Nemes” headdress, which was used at the time of Djoser’s reign, another ancient Egyptian Pharaoh. The curse of the Pharaohs, was…

The Neolithic agricultural revolution occurred when hunter-gatherers learned how to farm crops and it changed women and men daily lives. The Neolithic agricultural revolution did not suddenly occur, Pathologic hunters and gathers had already grown crops to supplement their traditional source of food. “The Mesolithic Age was when there was a transition from a food-gathering and hunting economy to food-producing one. Systemic agriculture developed independently in different areas of the world.” (p…