Pre dynastic egypt -abridged
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Stages of Development
Badarian Culture
•Ca. 5,500 – 3,800 BC
Naqada I
• (Amratian)
•3,800 – 3,500 BC
Naqada II
• (Gerzean)
•3,500 – 3,200 BC
Naqada III
• (Proto-Dynastic)
•3,200 – 2,950 BC
Early Dynastic
•2,950 – 2,575 BC
Old Kingdom
•2,575 – 2,150 BC
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Naqada I (Amratian Culture)
Red pottery with shiny black
tops or geometric designs
Burials for commoners
much the same as Badarian
era – grave goods include
Pottery, jewelry, slate
palettes (for preparing eye
makeup) food, weapons
Female fertility figurines
and bearded male figures
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Naqada III (Proto Dynastic) King Narmer (Menes)
Dynasty 1
Ca. 3,100 BC
Sometimes referred to
as King Catfish
Credited with unifying
Upper & Lower Egypt
But Egypt was
unified slowly over
generations of
kings … he just put
the last piece in
place Narmer Palette
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Early Dynastic Khasekhemwy
2nd Dynasty
Ca. 2,686 BC
Last Pharaoh buried in Abydos
Huge tomb
Largest mud-brick structure in
the world (230’ long X 56’ wide)
Divided into 58 rooms + Temple
Intentional mummification
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Old Kingdom The Pharaoh
Personification of Horus, son of Osiris
Also identified with Osiris, god of the dead
Duties include: Mediating between gods & people
Guaranteeing change of seasons
Guaranteeing annual floods
Guaranteeing safety from natural disasters and enemies
Joins the gods after death
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Mythology of Isis Sister/wife of Osiris; Mother of
Horus
Greatest goddess of Egypt
throughout its long history
Osiris Myth:
Osiris murdered by brother Set who
tore the body into
14 pieces and scattered the parts
Isis searched for and found the
pieces; through magic she
reanimated Osiris in order to
conceive Horus
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Giza
Memphis
Saqqara
Dahshur
Amarna
Meidum
Naqada
Hierakonpolis
Abydos
Thebes
Jebel Tjauti
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