Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Ancient Eypt
- Georgraphy
- The lands beyond the
river are the red lands
- it was a harsh place to live
so this made eypt more
secure as it was hard to
invade
- Every year-June,october the nile
would flood leaving a layer of rich
soil of on the river banks in which
crops could grow
- Nove-feb=Preet,the
seed time
- Mid-july=Akhet,the flood season
- March-june=Shemu,the harvest time
- Pharaohs
- Responsibilites
- The nile
flooded
- Army could defend against enemies
- Ma'at was at the
heart of Eyptian life
- Ma'at is
in balance
- Enough food
- The gods were
kind to the
people
- Headdress
- Nemes-main
crown,blue and gold
strips
- White Crown-control
over upper and lower
eypt
- Atef Crown-worn
during some religious
rituals
- Red Crown-control
over lower part of eypt
- Blue Crown-won
in battles and
ceremonies
- Double Crown-joining of two
lands and the pharaohs control
over them
- Religion
- Ma'at is the cosmic balance
balance between order and
chaos
- Polythesitic=Believe in
more than 1 god
- Believe in an afterlife
- You can take items with you
that you might need for the
afterlife
- Once dead go through the weighing of the
heart ceremony to get into the field of
reeds if not pass get eaten by ammit
- Mummification
- When die 'Ba' and 'Ka' left your body
- The 2 parts of
embalming-the washing
and the wrapping
- The body is washed in the
water of Nile and palm wine
- Intestines,stomach,liver and
lungs removed via incision in
the left side
- The heart is left in
- Canopic jars=Canopic
jars-Human
figure=liver
- Baboon
=Lungs
- Jackal=stomach
- Falcon=intestines
- After 40 days the body is stuffed with
sand and the rest of the 70 days in
natron
- CANOPIC JARS
- Gods
- RA=Sungood,most
important god
- THOTH= god of
writing and knowledge
- HATHOR=wife of
horus,goddess of fertility,love
and joy
- OSIRIS=god of the
underworld,brother of seth
- SOBEK=God of
military prowess
and protector of
the nile
- HORUS=Ruler of the
world,god of the
sky,protector of eypt
- ANUBIS=God of
mummification