Ancient Egyptian History Encore Part 1, Class 1, 2009 10
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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HISTORY PART 1,
CLASS 1Instructor - Joe Boisvert
September 25, 2009GCCC Encore
Todays Discussion
CLASS ONE PRE-VIEW
Maps, Time Lines for
Overview of all of Egyptian History,
Pottery ?? Beginning of Ritual
Burial, Why??? Introduction to
Written Language
Maps Introduction and discussion of Upper and Lower Egypt
What did Egypt Look like? Transition from Hunting
and Gathering to Agriculture
More on written language and need for calendar
Ancient Egyptian Civilization
Neolithic – Pre-dynastic --------5200 - 3060 BC
Early Dynastic ----------------3060 - 2710 BC (Dynasties I and II)
Old Kingdom ----------------- 2710 - 2120 BC (Dynasties III-VIII)
I st Intermediate Period --------2160 - 2050 BC (Dynasties IX-XI Antef)
Middle Kingdom --------------- 2050 - 1795 BC (Dynasties XI Monthuhotep -XII)
II nd Intermediate Period --------- 1795 - 1550 BC (Dynasties XIII-XVII)
New Kingdom ------------------- 1550 - 1070 BC (Dynasties XVIII-XX)
III rd Intermediate Period ---------- 1070 - 653 BC (Dynasties XXI-XXV)
Late Period --------------------------- 664 - 332 BC (Dynasties XXVI-XXX)
Greco-Roman Period ------- 332 BC - 395 AD (Ptolemies and Roman Emperors)
Years Periods / Dynasties Main events
3100-2950 BC Late Predynastic Period
Earliest known hieroglyphic writing
Foundation of the Egyptian state
2950-2575 BC Early Dynastic Period (1st-3rd Dynasties)
Creation of the capital city of Memphis
Intensive contact with Palestine
The first pyramid is built - the Step Pyramid at Saqqara
6000 – 3100 BC Early Pre-Dynastic or Prehistory
Observation of Natural Mummification
Egypt Stretched fromThe First Cataract 750 Miles to the Mediterranean Sea
Natural Mummification
Egyptian Pre-dynastic
This man (nicknamed "The Ginger Man" because of his red hair) was buried in the Egyptian sand over 5,000 years ago. Before mummification was developed, bodies were buried directly in the sand which then absorbed the water in the body. Without moisture, the bacteria that would decay the body couldn't survive, and the body remained remarkably well preserved
The Ginger Man British Museum
Predynastic Egyptian Man
This man died more than five thousand years ago.
The reconstruction of his grave-pit illustrates the early Egyptian custom of placing the body in a contracted position.
Before mummification was developed around 2700 BC, bodies were placed in shallow desert graves, in direct contact with the sand.
This meant that they frequently did not decay, because the hot dry sand absorbed the water that constitutes 75% by weight of the human body.
Without moisture bacteria cannot breed and cause decay, and the body is preserved. This body has been remarkably well preserved, even down to the hair and toe- and finger-nails.
EgyptianPainted pottery
Vessel, Predynastic Period, Naqada II, ca. 3450–3300 B.C.
Pre-Dynastic PeriodNaqada II, c.3200 - 3000 BC.
A large, elegant and slender black-topped conical jar. A classic type for the period! An absolutely gorgeous example of arguably the finest type of pottery to emerge out of the entire history of Egypt.
Early Pre-Dynastic Egyptian
Gathering Wheat Pre-Dynastic Egypt
The Faces of AncientEgypt
First Written Language ??SUMERIA, 3,200 B.C. THIS MESOPOTAMIAN CULTURE IS GENERALLY THOUGHT TO BE THE FIRST CULTURE TO PRODUCE WRITTEN TEXTS.
EGYPT, 3,200 - 3,000 B.C. EARLY EGYPTIANS USED A SYSTEM OF PICTORIAL HIERO-GLYPHICS AS A WRITTEN LANGUAGE.
Who is This
Man??
Just for Fun