Ancient Egypt

2. Old Kingdom
“Pyramid Age”
King Menes – unified Upper (culture) and
Lower (cobra) Egypt
Memphis – capital
Djaser – “Step Pyramid”
Imnotep – architect, priest, scribe and doctor
- first doctor by name

3. Khufu (Cheops) – “Pyramids of Giza”
Menkaure – Father
Kafre – son
*Pyramids of Giza – 20 million stone blocks
- 20 years in the making
Pepi II – pinakamahabang nanungkulan
bilang pharoah (2279-2219 BCE)
• “The Book of the Dead” contains
prayers, hymns, rituals, spells

4. Middle Kingdom
Amenemhet I – Thebes became the
capital of Egypt
Thebes – City of the dead
Amenemhet III – canal connecting the
Nile River at Red Sea
Hyksos – a scientific tribe from Israel which
conquered Egypt for 100 years
- “men of the desert”

5. New Kingdom
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