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The Great Ancient
Civilizations
Titled:
The wonders of Ancient Egypt
‘The journey into the heart of Ancient Egypt’
This exhibition is presented by Department HAE.1E of the
University of GAC (Great Ancient Civilizations). The
heads of this department consists of:
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Mukund Bala (23)
Vikram Kasi Kannappan (31)
Kelvinder Singh (13)
Manu Neethi Cholan Kapilan (16)
To the manager of the Singapore Museum,
We are a group of professors from the University of Great
Ancient Civilizations. We consist of Historians, Archeologists,
Political Scientists, Economists and Anthropologists who are
highly certified in the field of Ancient Civilizations. Our main
focus is on Ancient Egypt. It is our greatest desire to interest and
inform the public about this magnificent civilization through
talks and exhibitions. We can ensure you that our exhibitions are
highly engaging with a numerous number of fun activities and
fascinating exhibits from museums around the world. Our
exhibition, The Wonders of Ancient Egypt- the journey into the
heart of Ancient Egypt, has a total of nine exhibits. The Artifacts
range from those that relate to daily Egyptian life and others
which were the treasures of Ancient Egypt, giving viewers a
basic idea of what Ancient Egypt was like. We have put up this
exhibition in various countries and states such as New York and
Texas; United states of America, Sydney and Melbourne;
Australia, Rio; Brazil, Tokyo; Japan, Beijing; China, New Deli
and Chennai; India, Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bauru; Malaysia,
and many more. Now, we hope to display this exhibition in
Singapore in your Museum. We have included a list of our
exhibits and a brief explanation about them in this proposal. We
hope you and the Singapore Museum agree to be the host for
this exhibition. Thank you for taking the time to read this
proposal. We await your decision. Thank you.
Brief History of Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was located along the Nile River in northeastern
Africa for more than 3,000 years, between 3300 BC and 30 BC. It
was the longest ancient civilization to ever have existed. To start of
with, there were two kingdoms in Ancient Egypt, Upper Egypt,
located in southern Ancient Egypt, and Lower Egypt, located in
northern Ancient Egypt. Around 3000 BC, the beginning of the
Bronze Age, the king of Upper Egypt conquered Lower Egypt and
made Egypt into one kingdom. People then started to call the king of
Egypt the Pharaoh. From this time onwards, Egypt was divided into
nine time periods. Namely, the Early Dynastic Kingdom, the Old
Kingdom, the 1st intermediate Period, the Middle Kingdom, the 2nd
Intermediate Period, the New Kingdom, the Late Dynastic Period
and the Greek- Roman Period. The Early Dynastic Period, 3000 BC2575 BC, was the beginning of Ancient Egyptian History. The Old
Kingdom, 2575 BC- 2150 BC, was the time of the pyramids where
the pharaohs had the greatest power over Egypt. During the 1st
Intermediate period, 2150 BC- 2040 BC, there was internal war and
Ancient Egypt fell apart into several smaller Kingdoms. In 2040 BC,
the Pharaohs managed to restore peace in Egypt, forming the Middle
Kingdom, 2040 BC- 1783 BC. However, the pharaohs in this period
were never as powerful compared to that of the old Kingdom and
Early Dynastic period. Pyramids were also no longer built. During
the 2nd intermediate period, 1783 BC- 1540 BC, the Hyksos invaded
Lower Egypt and conquered it only be pushed out by the pharaohs of
upper Egypt, reuniting Egypt again. This formed the New Kingdom,
1540 BC- 1070 BC. At the end of the Bronze Age, there was a
general crisis around the Eastern Mediterranean and West Asia. The
Ancient Egyptian government collapsed, leading to the Late
Dynastic period, 1070 BC- 332 BC. During this period Nubians,
then the Persians ruled most of Egypt. Then, the Greeks and Romans
conquered Egypt resulting in the Greek- Roman period which
marked the end of Ancient Egypt. As a whole, Ancient Egypt was
one of the most advanced ancient civilizations with a long history. It
is thus, also one of the most interesting and well known Ancient
civilizations in the world.