pyramids & tombs
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Pyramids & TombsPreparing 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 @SakkaraPharaoh: Djoser / ZoserDynasty: 4th Year: c. 2611 BC
Architect: Imhotep
Six (6) Mastabas
Bent Pyramid @ Dahshur
2nd Attempt @ a True Pyramid
Pharaoh: SneferuDynasty: 3rd Year: c. 2596 BC
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Pyramids @ Giza
Only Surviving of the Seven (7) Ancient Wonders of the World
Pharaohs: Menkhaure Khafre KhufuDynasty: 4thYear: c. 2560 BC – c. 2503 BC
Inside the PyramidInside the Great Pyramid of Khufu @ Giza
Sphynx @ Giza
Largest Statue in World½ Human & ½ Lion
Built by: Khafre 2520 –2494 BCRestored by: Thutmoses IV 1401 – 1391 BC
Tutankhamun
New Kingdom: 18th DynastyBoy King – Age of 9 to 20
1341 BC – 1323 BC
Valley of the Kings
Burial Site of New Kingdom Pharaohs
The Discovery
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
Canopic Jar Vault
Canopic Jars
Tutankhamun’s Throne
Tutankhamun’s Death Mask
Jewelry
Now you have seen “Wondrous
Things!”
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