EGYPTS OLD KINGDOM By Pharaoh McCrotty OLD KINGDOM RULERS Old Kingdombegan in 2600 B.C. & ended in 2300 B.C. PharaohEgyptian 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 EGYPTS RELIGION Deitiesgods and goddesses Egyptians believed they controlled forces of nature and human activities Rituals were important EGYPTIAN GODS AND GODDESSES Resun god Hapigod of the Nile Isisgoddess of loyalty/wife and mother OsirisKing of the Dead LIFE AFTER DEATH Believed in better life after death Book of the Deadcollection of spells and prayers that Egyptians studied to obtain life after death Embalmingprotecting and preserving a body LIFE AFTER DEATH Mummywrapped body Doctors used herbs and drugs to treat illnesses Stitches and setting bones First to specialize in medicine PYRAMIDS Pyramidsgiant tombs that protected the bodies of dead pharaohs. Supplied needs of the pharaohs for the afterlife Clothing Jewlry Food furniture GREAT PYRAMID King Khufus 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