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Class Flow: Enrichment Ancient Egypt
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes life in ancient Egypt, the Egyptians belief systems and the mummification and burial process during those times. Discussion questions are posed throughout this activity.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sarcophagus of Menkera
The third pyramid on the ridge of Gizeh was built by Menkera, a successor of Khafra and fourth or fifth king of Dynasty IV. This structure is but two hundred and thirty-three feet at the base, and the slant height two hundred and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Portion of Rosetta Stone
In the Nile valley there had been found a few ancient inscriptions, carved upon stone in unknown characters, but no one could read them. The, about 1800 A.D., some soldiers of Napoleon in Egypt, while laying foundations for a fort, found...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sphinx
Sphinx is a Greek word signifying 'strangler,' applied to certain symbolical forms of Egyptian origin, having the body of a lion, a human or an animal head, and two wings. Various other combinations of animal forms have been called by...
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Eternal Egypt: Khufu
Khufu, the second king in the Fourth Dynasty, was the son of King Senefru and Queen Hetepheres. Khufu ordered the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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Eternal Egypt: Abusir
Abusir is situated to the north of Saqqara. It has the remains of the sun temples, pyramids, and some private tombs of the Fifth Dynasty .
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Eternal Egypt: Meidum
Meidum lies about 50 kilometers or 31 miles southwest of Cairo. This site contains several great monuments. These include the Meidum Pyramid that was attributed to King Senefru, as well as some famous tombs such as the tombs of...
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Eternal Egypt: Khafra
King Khafra is the fourth king of the Fourth Dynasty and the owner of the Great Sphinx and the second pyramid on the famous Giza Plateau.
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Eternal Egypt: Sahure
King Sahure succeeded to the throne after Userkaf, the founder of the Fifth Dynasty. We know that he sent a naval expedition to Byblos. Moreover, Sahure probably sent a military campaign to fight the Libyans. It is possible that Sahure...
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Eternal Egypt: Imhotep
Imhotep was the architect who designed the Step Pyramid. He was a high official during the reign of King Djoser. He was deified and was worshiped in the Ptolemaic period and during the Roman period.
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Eternal Egypt: Menkaure
Menkaure succeeded his father Khafra. He is the builder of the third pyramid at Giza.
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Eternal Egypt: Neferefre
Neferefre was the fifth of nine kings in the Fifth Dynasty, which was notable for the dominance of the cult of the sun god Re, and for the building of sun temples near the small royal pyramids at Abu Sir.
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Eternal Egypt: Mastaba of Ti
The mastaba, or tomb, of Ti is about 500 meters or 1640 feet northwest of the Pyramid of Djoser. Its entrance leads to a huge columned courtyard with superb reliefs of agriculture and daily life scenes.
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Eternal Egypt: Senusert the First
King Senusert the First was the second king of the Twelfth Dynasty. He built his pyramid and funerary temple at Lisht, near Faiyum, and also built an elegant bark-station, or shrine, for Amun-Re at Karnak.
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Eternal Egypt: Senusert the Third
Senusert the Third ruled the country after his father, Senusert the Second, for about 19 years as the fifth pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty. He had his pyramid built at Dahshur.
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Eternal Egypt: Rahotep and Nefret
Rahotep might have been a son of King Senefru, the founder of the fourth dynasty and thus, a half brother of King Khufu, the builder of the great pyramid in Giza Necropolis. Rahotep's wife, Nefret, whose name means "the beautiful", was a...
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Eternal Egypt: Khufu's Boat Museum
On the east side of Khufu's pyramid, there is a modern building in which the boat that was excavated in AD 1954 is displayed.
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Eternal Egypt: Mastaba of a Khethotep
The mastaba is a double tomb, which belonged to two dignitaries who lived during the fifth dynasty: Akhethotep and his son Ptah-hotep. The principal titles of Akhet-hotep were vizier and judge, as well as "supervisor of prophets of the...
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Eternal Egypt: Gray Plate of King Djoser
This elegant dish was found with the funerary equipment of King Djoser in his pyramid complex at Saqqara. Although no decoration was applied, its high quality and simplicity are impressive.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Donkeys
Donkey carrying a load of grain sheaves in the Pyramid Age. -Breasted, 1914.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Obelisk
An obelisk is a tall, thin, four-sided, monument with a pyramid top. This particular one is inscribed with hieroglypics and translates out to a story about a story about King Thutmes III.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: The Great Sphinx
This colossal figure, human-headed and lion-bodied, is hewn from the natural rock. The body is about 150 feet long, the paws 50 feet, the head 30 feet. The height from the base of the top of the head is 70 feet. Except for its head and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Tomb at Abydos
One, structural and pyramidal, is represented by many examples at Abydos, the most venerated of all the burial grounds of Egypt. All of these are built of brick, and are of moderate size and little artistic interest.
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Bbc: Egyptians
The BBC offers an excellent site full of resources on ancient Egypt. Includes a large collection of articles, images, and stories. Archived.
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