EGYPT’S OLD KINGDOM

By Pharaoh McCrotty

OLD KINGDOM RULERS

Old Kingdom—began in 2600 B.C. & ended in 2300 B.C.

Pharaoh—Egyptian Kings. Also means “great house”• All powerful and ruled every activity• His word was law and had to be obeyed• Egyptians thought he was god on Earth

EGYPT’S RELIGION

Deities—gods and goddesses

Egyptians believed they controlled forces of nature and human activities

Rituals were important

EGYPTIAN GODS AND GODDESSES

Re—sun god

Hapi—god of the Nile

Isis—goddess of loyalty/wife and mother

Osiris—King of the Dead

LIFE AFTER DEATH

Believed in better life after death

Book of the Dead—collection of spells and prayers that Egyptians studied to obtain life after death

Embalming—protecting and preserving a body

LIFE AFTER DEATH

Mummy—wrapped body

Doctors used herbs and drugs to treat illnesses

Stitches and setting bones

First to specialize in medicine

PYRAMIDS

Pyramids—giant tombs that protected the bodies of dead pharaohs.

Supplied needs of the pharaohs for the afterlife• Clothing• Jewlry• Food• furniture

GREAT PYRAMID

King Khufu’s Great Pyramid—• located in Giza • 500 ft tall and size of 9 football

fields.

Tallest structure in the world for 4,000 yrs.

• 48 stories• Built without special tools such as

the wheel