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World
History
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Period 3
Mysteries of Egypt
****The Social Order of Ancient Egypt
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**** Ancient Egyptian Healing and Magic
****Egyptian Fashion
****Egyptian Gods
****Egyptian Mummies: Life After Death
****Egyptian Pyramids
**** Nefertiti
**** Family Entertainment
**** Preparation for the Afterlife
The Social Order of Ancient
Egypt
By: Caroline Garis
World History 1
Egyptian Social Pyramid
Ancient Egyptian Social Life
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The Pharaoh and the royal
family stand at the top of
the Egyptian society.
Then, under the pharaoh
and the royal family were
the Priests and Priestesses.
Next, were the Nobles,
Scribes, Merchants, and
Artisans.
Last, were the Farmers,
Slaves, and Tomb Builders.
Sources:
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www.nefertiti.com
www.bergen.org
Ancient Egyptian Healing and Magic
Magic
☼ According to Egyptian myth, heka, or magic, was one of the
forces used in creating the world.
☼ Priests were viewed as the key users of magic. They were thought
to be guardians, holding a secret knowledge given to man by the
gods.
☼ Lector priests were the most respected users of magic. Lector
priests read from ancient books kept in temples and palaces.
☼ Magic rituals were used to protect kings, and help the dead have
rebirth.
☼ Hekau, or magicians, took over the role of priests in the first
millennium B.C.
☼ Scorpion- charmers were magicians who got rid of poisonous
reptiles and insects by using magic.
☼Midwifes and nurses incorporated magic into their talents.
Ancient Egyptian Healing and Magic
Magic Techniques
☼ Magic was best preformed at dawn.
☼Magicians needed to be ritually pure.
☼The snake goddess Great of Magic was represented by using metal wands.
☼ In the second millennium B.C., wands were made out of Semi-circular ivory.
These wands symbolized the authority of the magician.
Healing
☼ Doctors thought that they could see what was wrong with their patients
without examining them. However, many others believed that exact
knowledge of a disease was a foundation of a cure.
☼ The Egyptians had many prescriptions. Often there were a dozen or more
remedies for a disease.
☼ Most of the drugs were made from vegetables. Others were made from
fruits and herbs.
The detail on an ivory wand.
Torth, the god of
magical knowledge.
An ivory wand.
Sources:
Erman, Adolf. Life in Ancient Egypt. New York: Dover Publishing Inc, 1971.
Pinch, Geraldine Dr. “Ancient Egyptian Magic.” BBC. 2003.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/magic_01.shtml> (30 Sept.
2003)
Egyptian Fashions
Farmers wore kilts made of flax. They made shirts and
tied them around the waist with a sash. Women wore dresses and
decorated themselves with jewelry, makeup, and wigs. Noble men
and women wore many decorations on their clothing.
Clothing
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“When royalty, gods and goddesses
were portrayed in statues, temple
carvings and wall paintings, it was
the beauty and self-confidence of the
subject that was conveyed. Egyptian
artistic conventions idealized the
proportions of the body. Men are
shown with broad shoulders, slim
bodies, and muscular arms and legs;
and women have small waists, flat
stomachs and rounded busts. Both
wear elegant clothing and jewellery,
and stand tall with their heads held
high. Their stately appearance
commands the respect of all who
gaze upon their portraits.”
Men
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“The men wore knee-length
shirts, loincloths or kilts made
of linen. Leather loincloths
were not uncommon, however.
Their garments were
sometimes decorated with gold
thread and colourful beadwork.
The priests, viziers and certain
officials wore long white robes
that had a strap over one
shoulder, and sem-priests (one
of the ranks in the priesthood)
wore leopard skins over their
robes.”
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All the information came from
www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcl0
6e/html.
Egyptian Gods
The Egyptians had a complex religion having
many deities and personified aspects of nature.
By: Wendy Powell
Amen
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The hidden one. A primordial creationdeity.
Anubis
• The god of the dead.
Bes
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An dwarf god that was believed to guard
against evil spirits and bring good luck.
Maat
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Goddess of truth and justice.
Isis
• The mother goddess.
Ra
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The god of the sun
Egyptian Mummies: Life
After Death
Created by Katie Coffey
World History I
The Basic Facts
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Mummification is the
preservation of a body
Purpose of
mummification was to
carry the six aspects
(physical body, shadow,
ka (spirit), ba
(personality), and akh
(immortality)) of a human
being into the afterlife
10 Steps of Mummifying 101
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Canopic Jars: The Four Sons of Horus (left to right)
Qebehsenuf Duatmutef Ha’py Imset
Intestines
Stomach
Lungs Liver
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Wash body and purify ritually
Remove inner organs (Liver,
Stomach, Intestines, Lungs) and
place in canopic jars seen at the
bottom of the page
Stuff cavity with natron
Remove brain and discard
(thrown away)
Cover body with natron
Rubbed in unguents
Adorn body with gold, jewels,
protective amulets
Wrap body in up to 20 layers of
linen
Wrap head and cover with mask
Put in coffin
THE END
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Egyptian Pyramids
Christine Faulkner
What is a pyramid exactly?
• pyramid – n.; a monument that resembles the
geometrical figure of the same name. *
*<http://gme.grolier.com/cgibin/article?assetid=0239370-0>
Question/Answers
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Q: Who were pyramids build for?
A: For the pharoah and his family.
Q: What do they date back to?
A: Most date back to c-2686-2181 B.C.
Q: What were pyramids build with?
A: They were built out of a stone called mastaba.
• They were build from limestone.
• Q: What is the oldest type of pyramid?
• A: King Zoser’s step pyramid in Saqqara (c.2658
B.C.)
Credits:
• Mr. McDowell for all he does to teach us!
• St. Margaret’s for giving me this awesome chance
in life!
• Emily Reynolds who encouraged and helped me
edit this show.
• Jackie Brunk for putting this whole show together.
• My mother, Mary Faulkner, for always being there
and encouraging me.
Nefertiti
• Her origins are a mystery. She may have been
Amarnan
• Her name means beautiful woman has come
• Wife of Akhenaten, stepmother to Tutankhamen,
She shared her husband with 3 other wives.
• Her majestic beauty was know throughout the
western world.
• Co-Regent from 1352 BC to 1336 BC
•Egyptologists believe she was murdered for her attempt to
turn Egypt into a monotheistic empire
Her body was discovered in tomb KV35 in The Valley of the
Kings
She was identified by a young Egyptologist named Joan
Fletcher
Her body was mutilated to prevent her from entering the
“after life”
It is widely accepted that Nefertiti was murdered by priests
angered by her (& her husbands) sac religious act.
Was she as beautiful as they say?
• This is a bust
recovered from the
tomb, back in 1898
• If you want to learn
more about Nefertiti,
the discover channel
has a great biography
titled, Nefertiti
Resurrected
Thank You Mr. McDowell for inspiring me!
Thank You Reese for helping me edit!
Thank you all for watching and learning!
By:Emily Reynolds
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http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/nefertiti/story/story.html
http://www.-oi.unchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/DEATH.HTML
Preparation for the Afterlife
By: Kate Turnage
World History 1
Belief in the Afterlife
• Egyptians believed strongly in life after
death
• This belief affected all Egyptians , from the
highest noble to the lowest peasants
• Osiris and Isis-the chief goddess and god
promised them eternal life after death
PREPARATION :
*Preparing for the afterlife required many stages
* Rituals-most of the time just family
*Priests would chant prayers while a man in a mask of
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Anubis
(Jakel headed god that showed the way to after
Life) did the mummification
*Anubis-judged the heart
*If the soul was bad- sent to the underworld
If it was a nice soul- Anubis would lead you to eternal life
*Then they would cut open the body…they removed the
Kidney, lungs, heart and more…
They took out your brains – by extracting it from your nose
* Then they would fill the body up with salt for 42 days
* Rapped the body up in up to 4” of cotton or linen
THE END!