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Pyramids & Tombs

Pyramids & Tombs. Preparing for the Afterlife. AIM: Why Did the Egyptians build Pyramids and Elaborate Tombs?. Afterlife. Mastaba Tomb. 1 Floor Above Ground/1 Floor Below. Step Pyramid @Sakkara. Pharaoh: Djoser / Zoser Dynasty: 4th Year: c. 2611 BC. Architect: Imhotep.

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Pyramids & Tombs

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  1. Pyramids & Tombs Preparing for the Afterlife AIM: Why Did the Egyptians build Pyramids and Elaborate Tombs? Afterlife

  2. Mastaba Tomb 1 Floor Above Ground/1 Floor Below

  3. Step Pyramid @Sakkara Pharaoh: Djoser / Zoser Dynasty: 4th Year: c. 2611 BC Architect: Imhotep Six (6) Mastabas

  4. Bent Pyramid @ Dahshur Pharaoh: Sneferu Dynasty: 3rd Year: c. 2596 BC 43  55  2nd Attempt @ a True Pyramid

  5. Pyramids @ Giza Pharaohs: MenkhaureKhafre Khufu Dynasty: 4th Year: c. 2560 BC – c. 2503 BC Only Surviving of the Seven (7) Ancient Wonders of the World

  6. Inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu @ Giza Inside the Pyramid

  7. Sphynx @ Giza Largest Statue in World ½ Human & ½ Lion Built by: Khafre2520 –2494 BC Restored by: Thutmoses IV1401 – 1391 BC

  8. Tutankhamun 1341 BC – 1323 BC New Kingdom: 18th Dynasty Boy King – Age of 9 to 20

  9. Valley of the Kings Burial Site of New Kingdom Pharaohs

  10. The Discovery

  11. First Intact Tomb Found • Found in 1922 • By Howard Carter “I see wondrous things” • Tomb walls made of gilded (gold layered) wood and inlaid blue porcelain. • Walls painted with funerary scenes. • Wooden Coffin, Human shaped, 7 feet 4 inches in length. Third coffin made entirely of gold

  12. Canopic Jar Vault Canopic Jars

  13. Tutankhamun’s Throne

  14. Tutankhamun’s Death Mask

  15. Jewelry

  16. Now you have seen “Wondrous Things!”

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