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Unit
Study: Let's Study Ancient Egypt
by
Belinda Mooney January 29, 2001
Ancient
Egypt: Introduction
A
good portion of the Old testament takes place in or around Egypt. Egypt
also plays a major role in the life of many Bible people from Moses and
Joseph to Jesus. So let's start out by looking at Egypt and just where
in the world it is. Get your maps and timeline ready.
Ancient
Egypt: Pharaohs
Around
3000 BC the Upper Kingdom under King Narmer conquered the Lower Kingdom
and they became one nation. King Marner, who was also called Menes, was
now the ruler, or Pharaoh, over both. He built a new capital city
called
Memphis.
Ancient
Egypt: Pharaohs and pyramids
Pharaohs
were also supposed to be great warriors. They were supposed to be given
great strength by the god Amun. The first of the Pharaohs were buried
in
low lying tombs made of mud bricks. But then the Age of Pyramids began!
Ancient
Egyptian Religion
There
was literally hundreds gods and goddesses in Egyptian religion. Several
of them were both human and animals of Ancient Egypt. The Sun god was
always
considered the most important of all the gods. He was pictured in many
different ways. One of these was a scarab beetle, Khepri.
Activity:
Make your own Egyptian
Pyramid
Treasure beyond
belief
was buried with the Pharaohs so the architect's did there best to
design
them so they could not be robbed.
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