Egyptian

civilization
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 River delta:
fertile land,
regular harvest

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Dynasties and kingdoms in ancient Egypt
Late pre-dynastic period (3100 – 2950 BCE)
Early dynastic (2950 – 2757 BCE)
Old Kingdom (2575 – 2150 BCE)
First intermediate period (2150 – 1975 BCE)
Middle Kingdom (1975 – 1640 BCE)
Second intermediate period (1630 – 1520 BCE)
New Kingdom (1539 – 1075 BCE)
Third Intermediate period (1075 – 715 BCE)
Later period (715 – 332 BCE)
Ptolemaic (332 – 30 BCE)
Roman (30 BCE – 395 AD)
Byzantine

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 Late
pre-dynastic period
(3100 – 2950 BCE)
First hieroglyphs

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Papyrus

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 Early dynastic period
(2950 – 2757 BCE)
Step pyramid at Saqqara

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Old Kingdom (2575 – 2150 BCE)
The Great Pyramid at Giza
(also called the Pyramid of Khufu / Cheops)

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 The Great Pyramid at Giza:
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world
The only one of the wonders still visible today
The world’s tallest structure for more than 4,300 years
146.6 m in height
2,000,000 blocks of stone weighing 2 tonnes each

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Sphinx

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Sphinx

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 Middle Kingdom (1975 – 1640 BCE)
Egypt reunited
Middle Kingdom capital: Luxor, 500 km south of Cairo

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Middle Kingdom (1975 – 1640 BCE)
Karnak temple complex near Luxor

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 New Kingdom
(1539 – 1075 BCE)

Pharaohs

Hatshepsut
A female ruler
Initiated grand construction
projects

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New Kingdom
(1539 – 1075 BCE)

Akhenaten
Instituted monotheistic worship of the
god Athen
(previously, Sun god Amun-Re
and other traditional deities =
= polytheism)

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 New Kingdom
(1539 – 1075 BCE)

Akhenaten’s spouse:
Nefertiti
Chief Royal Wife
Believed to have co-ruled with
Akhenaten

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 New Kingdom
(1539 – 1075 BCE)
Tutankhamun
“curse of the pharaohs’ tombs”

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 Tutankhamun
“curse of the pharaohs’ tombs”
Howard Carter 1922 = start of the modern era of Egyptology
Around the world: Egyptomania!

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Last great king of the New Kingdom:
Ramses III

Vast donations of land,

gold statues and
monumental construction
to Egypt's various
temples

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Post-New Kingdom:
Egypt successively
conquered by
Nubians
Assyrians
Persians
Greeks
Romans
Byzantines

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 Egyptian Museum, Cairo

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