Ancient Egypt Research Paper

Ryann Suero

Ms. Majtka

English 8 A

March, ,2018

Have you ever wanted to learn about Egypt history and maybe about how pyramids were built? Well I may be able to help you with that. There thousands of things that we will learn about together.

Many popular beliefs are of pyramids being built by hybrid giants called Nephilim. The pyramids where built in Egypt in 2640 BC. A big theory of how the pyramids were built was by millions of slaves to build the pyramids the slaves were owned by merciless pharaohs. The ancient pyramids were The ancient Egyptians built pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs and their queens. The pharaohs were buried in pyramids of many different shapes and sizes.

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pyramids constructed 2630 BC–2611 BC by workers and not all salves. There were 100,000 worker Herodotus that’s what it says in the Bible, some people think that it says Herodotus or
Jews slaves but it doesn’t. People describe Jews as helpless slaves whose only contribution was blood, sweat and tears, the earliest Jewish immigrants were respected as allies to the Pharaoh and provided Egypt with a valuable service of both trade. Each day, 21 cows and 23 sheep were killed to feed the workers, it was enough for each man to eat meat least weakly they had over 10,000 worker from the more poor side of Egypt they would work in shifts of three months. Although this information is rather new people have discovered a workers tomb in 1990. In the Bible it says there was a exodus of Jewish slaves yet there is no record of any thing like that ever happening, and the reason is that there is no time in which it could have happened.
In conclusion 90% of the people were slaves but they had a descent amount of people that were actually payed. Although there is a big miss that Jewish slaves were the ones that were forced to built the pyramids I hope this clears things up.
History.com Staff. “Egyptian Pyramids.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/the-egyptian-pyramids.
THE PHARAOH IN EGYPTIAN SOCIETY.

During the third and fourth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, Egypt enjoyed great economic prosperity. Kings one Egypt were somewhere in between divine and human. They were believed to have been picked by the gods to serve as Bridges between gods and the people on earth. The pyramid's angled sides meant the rays of the sun and were designed to help the king's soul go to heaven and join the gods, particularly the sun god Ra. Their wealthy would not only go to him but also to there relatives and priests who were buried near him. In conclusion pharaoh society is very says www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/the-egyptian-pyramids.
History.com Staff. “Ancient Egypt.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt.
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD (C. 5000-3100 B.C.)

There have been very few artifacts pulled from the predynastic period but their is enough to show gradually development of Egypt. During the rule of Akhenaton, his wife Nefertiti played an important religious role in the monotheistic (belief that there is only one God) cult of the sun god Aton. Late Stone Age communities northeastern Africa traded hunting for agriculture and made early advances that later made development of Egyptian art, technology, politics and religion. Around 3400 B.C., two different kingdoms were created called the red land and the white land from the north to the south along, stretching from Atfih to Gebel es-Silsila. A southern king, Scorpion, made the first attempts to conquer the northern kingdom around 3200 B.C.
History.com Staff. “Ancient Egypt.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt.
ARCHAIC (EARLY DYNASTIC) PERIOD (C. 3100-2686 B.C.)

King Menes created the capital of Memphis at White Walls, in the north, near the center of the Nile River delta. The Archaic Period saw the development of society, including the all-important ideology of kingship. The earliest known hieroglyphic writing also dates to this period. The yearly flooding of the great Nile River provided the much needed water and fertilization for farmers each year. Farmers sowed there wheat after he flood ended they harvested it before the high temperatures of the next seasons which causes major drought.
History.com Staff. “Ancient Egypt.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt
NEW KINGDOM (C. 1567-1085 B.C.)
Under Ahmose the first king of the 18th dynasty, as soon as he restored his control over Nubia he began military takeover in Palestine, trying to take down other powers in the area such as the Mitannians and the Hittites. The country went on to make the world’s first great empire, going from Nubia to the Euphrates River in Asia. The controversial Amenhotep IV (c. 1379-1362), of the late 18th dynasty, undertook a religious revolution, getting rid of the priesthoods which were dedicated to Amon-Re (a combination of the local Theban god Amon and the sun god Re) they forced all who believed in Aton to believe in another sun god. Renaming himself Akhenaton, he built a new capital in Middle Egypt called Amarna. After Akhetaton died all her ideals about monotheistic sun god Aton were lost and they went back to believing in a multitude of gods.

History.com Staff. “Ancient Egypt.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD (C. 1085-664 B.C.)
The intermediate period that lasted 400 years there were changes in Egyptian politics, society and culture. The pharaohs of the 21 st dynasty ruled over a Centralized government the pharaohs gave way to the resurgence of local officials. While this was happening foreigners from Libya and Nubia went out and went to get there own power and leave a lasting impression on Egypt. The 22nd dynasty began around 945 B.C. before that King Sheshonq invaded Egypt in 20nd dynasty And made a settlement. Under Kushite rule, Egypt fought with the growing Assyrian empire.
History.com Staff. “Ancient Egypt.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt
OLD KINGDOM: AGE OF THE PYRAMID BUILDERS (C. 2686-2181 B.C.)
The Old Kingdom began with the third dynasty of pharaohs. The pyramid of Giza was built for Khufu who ruled from 2589 to 2566 B.C. .The pyramid of Giza was later named one of the seven wonders of the world. In Khafa honor Khufu built two other pyramids khafa was Khufu’s successor. After the death of the sixth dynasty’s King, who ruled for some 94 years, the Old Kingdom period ended in chaos.
“Ancient Egypt.” Ducksters Educational Site, www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_egypt/inventions_and_technology.php.
Ancient Egypt Inventions and Technology
Egypt bread was sandy and grit so The Egyptian invented the toothbrush to get the sand and the grit out of there teeth. The Nile was a huge part of Egypt so it only makes sense they they would have ships to sail across the Nile river. The Egyptian created durable pieces of paper so they could map out the land and there surrounding. In Egypt many people wore makeup on there face which was made from soot and other minerals.
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Women roles
Many women in Egypt weren’t given good education so they couldn’t become scribes or work in the government.

They were taught in homemaking skills so they managed the household. Most wealthy women would Often hold huge banquets a lot of these women were priestesses working in a temple for one of the Egyptian goddesses. Marriage for women usually would be married from twelve though thirteen and would not have big marriage ceremonies and most marriages were arranged by the two families. Preparing food for the family was a full time job for most poor women.

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The Great Sphinx

The Great Sphinx is large it is 241 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 66 feet high. The Sphinx was created to guard the tomb from evil spirits. The cat was widely believed that it scares away evil spirits that cause harm. The original Sphinx would have looked a lot different in its prime it would have looked way better. The entire body was covered in sand and only the head could be seen Until many people worked to uncover the full body of the Sphinx.

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Book of the

dead
The book of the dead is a book of a bunch of written spells. Scribes used hieroglyphics to write down the spells. The book of the dead is now in a protected museum in side a glass cause for people to see. Most of the spells were just used to help the dead though death. Mostly only the wealthy could afford to hire a scribe to make a special Book of the Dead for them with specific spells they thought they would need in the afterlife.
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Ancient Egyptian food and daily life

Almost all people in Egypt wore some types of jewelry gold and silver for the richer people copper was worn by the, poorer people. Since it was blazing in the desert most men wore kilts and women wore straight dresses. The normal family lived in a village of sun baked mud houses. Most commoner Diet would consist of bread, goat, sheep, and vegetables. Ancient Egypt was a complex society needing people doing many different tasks and jobs.

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Egypt entertainment and games

The Egyptian enjoyed playing sports to past the time. Many Egyptian sought out to watch story tales of gods and war heroes which would keep them captivated for hours. Even though childhood was short for most Egyptian they mostly swam in the Nile river. There would also be festivals that will honor gods. Many nobles would often House large parties with musicians and dancers to show off there vast

wealth.