Egypt and Megaliths
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
11:45 AM
4500bc predynamic peroid
Egypt slit in two by the nile - Upper egypt and lower egypt
Northern side of egpyt known as lower egypt
Southern egypt is upper egypt
There are wars betweeen upper and lower egypt
Narmur unites upper and lower Egypt
The leader ins ancient Egypt had ultimate power and kept power by fear
Old kingdom - first dynasty
All carvings were made out of very hard stone
In the Egyptian statues if you can't see any real space in between the legs
A Greek sculpture has space between the legs
Old dynasty - 2149 -2150 BC pyramids of Giza
Pyramids - pharaoh considered the most important person leader and personified God
Greek historians thought there were slaves building the pyramids
1990s archeologists found working quarters
Mortuary cities- where works stayed - a small economy based around this
Have two books in hieroglyphs one on how to get to heaven and the Polyp pony
Both have immense importance on death
Death is the most important thing in Egypt
Hieroglyphs not pictures but an alphabet
We do know that Egypt had slaves and people in conscription
Slaves had a part but they didn't entirely build the pyramids
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