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The Stability of Ancient Egypt: Flood and Sun
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Ancient Egyptian civilization
• Developed gradually from 5,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE along the Nile
• There were two independent Egypts: Upper and Lower Egypt• Egyptian history is said to begin when Upper and Lower Egypt
were united by Narmer, the king of Upper Egypt• There were about 30 dynasties in ancient Egypt• Life was unusually secure in ancient Egypt – why?
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Ancient Egyptian civilization
• Developed gradually from 5,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE along the Nile• There were two independent Egypts: Upper and Lower Egypt• Egyptian history is said to begin when Upper and Lower Egypt
were united by Narmer, the king of Upper Egypt• There were about 30 dynasties in ancient Egypt• Life was unusually secure in ancient Egypt – why?
– Fertility of the Nile Valley, thanks to the nutrients deposited each year with flooding
– Surrounding inhospitable deserts eliminated fear of invasion• The stability of ancient Egypt and the highly centralized
government is reflected in the monumental architecture of the pyramids
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Stepped Pyramid of Zoser, Saqqara, Egypt (2600 BCE)-early pyramid, typically stepped-dates from the first dynasty
Ziggurat of Ur
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Egyptian art and culture
• With few exceptions, Egyptian art was remarkably consistent in style over 3 millennia – unquestioning acceptance of convention
• Sense of order and continuity pervades ancient Egyptian life and art
• Hieroglyphics developed before 3000 BCE
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Like Sumerian, hieroglyphics represented complete ideas rather than individual units of sound (not phonetic)
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The meaning of hieroglyphics was unknown until the Rosetta Stone was found and deciphered. The three languages (ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, the late Egyptian ‘Demotic’ language, and ancient Greek) on the stone tell the same thing, allowing us to ‘decode’ ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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Religion
• Polytheistic (many gods and goddesses with various talents and connections to the natural world)
• Humans could, through offerings and sacrifice, influence the gods and goddesses
• Most important gods and goddesses related to cosmic forces (sun, earth, sky, air and water) as well as the Nile itself
• Gods and goddesses took animal forms that were associated with particular cosmic forces (sun = falcon headed man wearing a sun disc crown, joy and love = cow, which is associated with these qualities)
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Hathor, Goddess of joy and love, wearing a cow crown
Horus, god of the sun – head of a falcon and sun disc crown
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Mastaba, earliest burial places of Old Kingdom nobility-oriented in cardinal directions-plan is believed to be based on house plans, as the mastaba was a tomb for the soul
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Architecture in ancient Egypt – the Old Kingdom
• The Old Kingdom can be considered the glory days of ancient Egyptian architecture: massive and ambitious mega-projects galore
• Egypt lacked timber, although they did import some from elsewhere in Africa, Lebanon, etc.
• Most buildings (even the pharaoh’s home) were made of reeds (lotus and papyrus) which were bundled together and matted with mud and clay or mud bricks
• Softer stone such as limestone and sandstone was available from nearby quarries
• Harder stones were obtained from further away and had to be transported
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Examples of soft stone and hard stone
the Old Kingdom
Sandstone – lighter, more workable stone Granite – dense, heavy stone
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Mastaba, earliest burial places of Old Kingdom nobility-oriented in cardinal directions-plan is believed to be based on house plans, as the mastaba was a tomb for the soul
Stepped pyramid of King Zoser, 2600 BCE (3rd Dynasty)-built in Saqqara on the west side of the Nile-the stepped pyramid is basically a stack of mastabas-built by Imhotep an astronomer/ writer/priest/physician, and King Zoser’s architect-came to be deified as the god of medicine and science
the Old Kingdom
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Imhotep
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Great Pyramids, Giza-located on the west bank of the Nile in what is now Cairo-the west bank of the Nile was used for burials and was associated with death – why?-pyramids were built in the Fourth Dynasty, Old Kingdom
the Old Kingdom
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The Pyramids: massive project, huge expensewhy bother?
Pyramids evolved to be an important part of their system of beliefs:
• The pharaoh was considered divine and it was believed he or she would return to the gods after death – the pyramid form was meant to soar to heaven and the pharaoh was believed to scale its sides to join the sun god, Ra
• Triangular shape of the pyramids may symbolize the falling rays of the sun
• Satisfied the Egyptian cultural craving for permanence and the pyramid is one of the most stable geometrical forms
the Old Kingdom
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Constructing the pyramids:http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=lasCXujNPfs&feature=fvw
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• The four sides of the pyramids faced the cardinal directions (north, south, east, west)
• The blocks of limestone used to create the pyramids came from the east side of the Nile and were floated to the west side on barges
• The largest and oldest pyramid, Cheops, used 2.3 million blocks, averaging 2.5 tons in weight! Phenomenal feat of engineering to assemble them
• Inside the pyramids: corridors and rooms where the body of the pharaoh was placed along with food and possessions that would accompany him to the afterlife
• The pyramids were once covered in polished white limestone
the Old Kingdom
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The limestone was taken off during the medieval pyramid when many beautiful mosques were built in Cairo
the Old Kingdom
Sultan Hassan Mosque, Cairo
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Book of the Dead
• Always the expectation that there was life after death – this belief influenced all aspects of ancient Egyptian culture
• The Book of the Dead explains what the dead had to experience before reaching the ‘Field of Reeds’ or eternal state
• What are some of the parallels between what Ancient Egyptians believed and Christian belief?
the Old Kingdom
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Book of the Dead
• Always the expectation that there was life after death – this belief influenced all aspects of ancient Egyptian culture
• The Book of the Dead explains what the dead had to experience before reaching the ‘Field of Reeds’ or eternal state
• What are some of the parallels between what Ancient Egyptians believed and Christian belief?– Life after death– Judgment day, on which you are judged on what you did in life– If judged favorably, the decease will join other souls in a realm of
peace and joy (heaven?)– The concept of ka or soul – the indestructible essence of each person
the Old Kingdom
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Sculpture
• Depiction of humans:– Bodies are slim and athletic, rather rigid– Clothes are thin and cling to the body– The king wears a false beard and headdress
to symbolize rank– Statues of humans were built to last for
eternity in case the mummy was destroyed– A set of standard poses was established in
the Old Kingdom and went unchanged for 3,000 years! Being innovative was not the goal.
1. Sitting on a block2. Standing with one foot forward (arms
often rigid against the body) but do not appear to be walking
3. Sitting cross-legged on the floor4. Kneeling on both knees (rare)
the Old Kingdom
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Sculpture
• Depiction of humans:– Bodies are slim and athletic, rather rigid– Clothes are thin and cling to the body– The king wears a false beard and headdress
to symbolize rank– Statues of humans were built to last for
eternity in case the mummy was destroyed– A set of standard poses was established in
the Old Kingdom and went unchanged for 3,000 years! Being innovative was not the goal.
1. Sitting on a block2. Standing with one foot forward (arms
often rigid against the body) but do not appear to be walking
3. Sitting cross-legged on the floor4. Kneeling on both knees (rare)
the Old Kingdom
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Sculpture
• Depiction of humans:– Bodies are slim and athletic, rather rigid– Clothes are thin and cling to the body– The king wears a false beard and headdress
to symbolize rank– Statues of humans were built to last for
eternity in case the mummy was destroyed– A set of standard poses was established in
the Old Kingdom and went unchanged for 3,000 years! Being innovative was not the goal.
1. Sitting on a block2. Standing with one foot forward (arms
often rigid against the body) but do not appear to be walking
3. Sitting cross-legged on the floor4. Kneeling on both knees (rare)
the Old Kingdom
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Sculpture
• Depiction of humans:– Bodies are slim and athletic, rather rigid– Clothes are thin and cling to the body– The king wears a false beard and headdress
to symbolize rank– Statues of humans were built to last for
eternity in case the mummy was destroyed– A set of standard poses was established in
the Old Kingdom and went unchanged for 3,000 years! Being innovative was not the goal.
1. Sitting on a block2. Standing with one foot forward (arms
often rigid against the body) but do not appear to be walking
3. Sitting cross-legged on the floor4. Kneeling on both knees (rare)
the Old Kingdom
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Sculpture
• Depiction of humans:– Bodies are slim and athletic, rather rigid– Clothes are thin and cling to the body– The king wears a false beard and headdress
to symbolize rank– Statues of humans were built to last for
eternity in case the mummy was destroyed– A set of standard poses was established in
the Old Kingdom and went unchanged for 3,000 years! Being innovative was not the goal.
1. Sitting on a block2. Standing with one foot forward (arms
often rigid against the body) but do not appear to be walking
3. Sitting cross-legged on the floor4. Kneeling on both knees (rare)
the Old Kingdom
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Relief Sculpture and painting
• Tightly linked as reliefs were often painted
• Clarity in storytelling was prioritized, rather than naturalistic representation
• Big humans = high status• Depictions of humans in relief and
painting combines frontal and profile views
• Tomb paintings depict daily life were not meant to be viewed except by the soul or ka
• Topics generally focused on military exploits
the Old Kingdom
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The Middle Kingdom
• Period of political upheaval• Egypt once again divided into
Upper and Lower Egypt – no leader could unite Egypt as Narmer had 1000 years earlier
• Egypt finally united by Mentuhotep II but most power lay in the hands of governors, not the king
• Paintings now featured domestic and farm life
• Stone architecture imitates bundled reed and clay architecture
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The Middle Kingdom
• Period of political upheaval• Egypt once again divided into
Upper and Lower Egypt – no leader could unite Egypt as Narmer had 1000 years earlier
• Egypt finally united by Mentuhotep II but most power lay in the hands of governors, not the king
• Paintings now featured domestic and farm life
• Stone architecture imitates bundled reed and clay architecture
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New Kingdom• a tribe from the Eastern
Mediterranean called the Hyksos conquered Egypt, bringing with them the horse drawn carriage and bronze weapons
• Egyptians then utilized these tools to re-unite the country for another 1,000 years, until Egypt was conquered by Persia in 525 BCE
• The new capital of Egypt in the New Kingdom was Thebes, where much religious and political architecture was built
• Art was produced not only for religious purposes but to show off wealth and sophistication
the New Kingdom
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Architecture in the New Kingdom• No more pyramids for burials – Egyptians now realized they
attracted too many thieves• Royalty and nobility were now buried in chambers hollowed out
from the cliffs on the west bank of the Nile in the Valley of Kings• While the Old Kingdom was the era of pyramids, the New
Kingdom was the era of temples
the New Kingdom
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Architecture in the New Kingdom continued….
• Queen Hatshepsut was buried separately from her temple (a New Kingdom development)
• Her temple had a stone roof, requiring many columns to hold it up – columns could only be as far apart as the length of a stone lintel
• terraces once had gardens• Sculptures were used lavishly
and the walls were carved in low relief and painted
• Chambers are dedicated to herself and to gods: cow-headed goddess, Hathor; god of embalming and protector of the dead, Anubis
the New Kingdom
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• Temples at Luxor – major building center for temples
• Domestic architecture – most of what we know about Egyptian culture is from the nobility, who left the most traces– Everyday houses have also been
excavated so we know the typical layout of homes
– Nobles homes featured gardens, pools, grape arbors
– All homes made of mud brick and reeds, even the king’s
Architecture in the New Kingdom continued….the New Kingdom
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Mud brick and bundled reed homes – artist’s representation
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Sculpture in the New Kingdom
• Stylistic continuity with Old Kingdom
• Four seated statues of Ramses II, dedicated apparently to the Sun God (65 feet high), look nearly identical with Old Kingdom sculpture
• Ramses II temple nearly destroyed by the flooding for the Aswan dam
the New Kingdom
Amenhotep / Akhenaten and Nefertiti
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Religious Revolution: Amenhotep becomes Akhenaten
• Amenhotep believed the sun was the source of all life• He abolished the pantheon of Egyptian gods and established a
monotheistic religion to the sun disk ‘Aten’, which he worshipped exclusively
• He was so dedicated to Aten that he changed his name to Akhenaten (“the shining spirit of Aten”)
• He shifted the capital from Thebes to el-Amarna• All of these changes ended when King Tutankhaten assumed
the throne
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Reliefs and painting in the New Kingdom• Very similar to that found in the Old and Middle kingdoms,
although there were some innovations:
the New Kingdom
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Reliefs and painting in the New Kingdom• Very similar to that found in the Old and Middle kingdoms,
although there were some innovations:
the New Kingdom
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Reliefs and painting in the New Kingdom• Very similar to that found in the Old and Middle kingdoms,
although there were some innovations:
the New Kingdom
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Religious Revolution: Amenhotep becomes Akhenaten• How did Amenhotep’s religion
differ from Egyptian religion in general?
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Religious Revolution: Amenhotep becomes Akhenaten• Amenhotep believed the sun was
the source of all life• He abolished the pantheon of
Egyptian gods and established a monotheistic religion to the sun disk ‘Aten’, which he worshipped exclusively
• He was so dedicated to Aten that he changed his name to Akhenaten (“the shining spirit of Aten”)
• He shifted the capital from Thebes to el-Amarna
• All of these changes ended when King Tutankhaten assumed the throne
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Monumental Royal Sculpture:-intended to preserve and guarantee the king’s existence after death-materials for funerary images was made of the hardest stone – granite, rather than sandstone or limestone-idealized physics for royalty only
Sculpture for the everyday-lesser, non-royal figures depicted more naturally, not idealized types-
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Reliefs and painting in the New Kingdom• Very similar to that found in the Old and Middle kingdoms,
although there were some innovations
the New Kingdom
Why would such paintings be included in tombs?
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Father knows best? Advice from an Akkadian and Egyptian father
*see instructive literature on page 47 and page 102
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King Tutankhamun-only royal tomb in ancient Egypt to have escaped looters
King Tut’s tomb discovered:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQY7bvsjpgc
King Tut’s mysteryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beFJc9ewLXQ
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Egypt in the popular imagination
• The topic of many films• The pseudo-discipline, ‘Egyptology’• The addition on the Louvre in Paris, by the architect I. M. Pei
(1988)• Architecture in the Victorian-era
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Egypt in the popular imagination
• The topic of many films• The pseudo-discipline, ‘Egyptology’• The addition on the Louvre in Paris, by the architect I. M. Pei
(1988)• Architecture in the Victorian-era
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Egypt in the popular imagination
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• http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/cambyses-army-remains-sahara.html