Download gradenineegypt

Egyptian Art
Kingdoms and Architecture
Location
• Egypt is located in Northern Africa
The Egyptians
•People from Western Asia, related to
present day Egyptians
•Began a powerful civilization 5,000
years ago
How Egypt Became Powerful
• Nile river flooded its
banks every year
• Rich soil was up to 9m
deep
• People could grow
crops and did not need
to hunt
• Families grew large
• Groups grew strong
and took over others
Kingdoms
• Egyptian rule began 3,000 BC and lasted
for 3,000 years.
• History of Egypt is divided into periods
called Kingdoms (Old, Middle, New)
• Further divided into times when the same
family ruled called Dynasties
• Reign ended with the death of a Pharaoh
and crowning of someone from the same
family - to keep the blood “pure”
The Old Kingdom
•This period began
around 2686 B.C.
and ended about 500
years later
• The most powerful
period
•When the pyramids
were built
Built for religious purposes.
(Resurrection, Ka, God-like Pharaoh, Sarcophagus)
Not very much space inside, multiple entrances
This is bread that is
4000 years old.
First bodies were buried in pits in the sand, then
they were placed in raised graves called Mastabas.
Step Pyramids are mastabas stacked on one
another. The final form was the pyramid.
Theory of Building
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Thousands of slaves
Decades to build
Floated rocks from cliffs along the Nile
2.3 million blocks of stone
Each weighting over 2 tonnes
Hauled using sand ramps
13 acres
150 m high
Earth ramps to
haul blocks
Questions
• Describe the pyramids
• Define: Ka, Sarcophagus, Re
• Describe the burial process. What were the
Egyptians religious beliefs
• Why did they put fake passages in the
pyramids?
• Explain how the pyramid shape evolved. (4
steps)
• How were the pyramids built?
• What kingdom were the pyramids made?