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!”