tutankhamen “the boy king” accomplished little during his reign he is the most famous pharaoh...
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SELECTED FAMOUS
EGYPTIANS
KING TUT Tutankhamen
“The Boy King”
Accomplished little during his reign
He is the most famous Pharaoh ever
THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS
THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS A Royal necropolis Located on the West Bank of Thebes tombs were carved out of solid
limestone
http://www.delange.org/ValleyKings/EP16.htm
HOWARD CARTER An Egyptologist Discoverer of
Tut’s tomb Spent 15 yrs
searching Funded by Lord
Carnarvon "Yes, wonderful
things“ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/digg
ing.html
KING TUT CONT’D His reign started
as an 8 year old He died as a
teenager Death is a
mystery: Murder? Accident from
chariot? “1968, Ronald Harrison (British
scientist) took X-rays of King Tut’s skull. While doing an examination he discovered fragments of bone inside the skull possibly indicating trauma to the head.”
4 total coffins Third coffin 240
pounds of solid gold
Items include: a chariot works of art
http://dsc.discovery.com/anthology/unsolvedhistory/kingtut/tomb/tomb.html
King Tut’s Tomb
RAMSES II Powerful and
ambitious ruled for 67
years He would
expand Egypt’s empire and construct many temples
TEMPLE AT KARNAK
RAMSES II He was the
first king in history to sign a peace treaty with his enemies, the Hittites, ending long years of wars
RAMSES II Pharaoh of
Egypt in Exodus (?)
Married to Nefertari, whose tomb is considered the most beautiful in Egypt
CLEOPATRA She co-ruled
with her brother Ptolemy
Bro. & Sis fought one another for pharoahship
Roman Emperor Julius Caesar sided with Cleopatra
CLEOPATRA Caesar was
murdered, so she charmed Marc Antony
Marc Antony later committed suicide
Hearing this, Cleopatra allowed an asp to kill her
CLEOPATRA Her defeat
marks the end of Egyptian rule, and the beginning of Rome’s great civilization
She is known as the last pharaoh
MENES Known as the
1st Pharaoh United Upper
and Lower Egypt into one Empire
founded the city of Memphis, near present day Cairo.
Egyptian History Early Dynasty
MENES’ CROWN By uniting, he
brought together the two crownsWhite-UpperRed-Lower
NEFERTITI name means
"the beautiful woman has come“
Great Royal wife of Amenhotep
she is depicted nearly twice as often in reliefs as her husband
NEFERTITI Probably the
stepmother to Tutankhamen
attributed to the sculptor Thutmose
2nd most copied piece of Egyptian art
HATSHEPSUT considered
one of the best female pharaohs
Her reign was the longest of all female pharaohs
She was not the first and not the only female pharaoh
HATSHEPSUT Declared herself
Pharaoh when husband died
She dressed as a king, even wearing a false beard
Egyptian economy flourished, she expanded trade and built magnificent temples
HATSHPESUT TEMPLE AT LUXOR
consists mainly of three terraces linked by ramps
HATSHEPSUT
EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY Osiris (oh-sigh-ris)-
ruler of the underworld
Isis (eye-sis)-Wife of Osiris, found the scattered body parts
Horus- (Hawk’s head) son and avenger of Osiris ruled justly on dad’s
death
EGYPTIAN MYTH Seth-enemy of
Osiris, his brother. Coveted throne and cut Osiris body up tiny pieces, spreading parts over 14 locations
Anubis-protector of dead, assists to afterlife