Ancient Egypt

Religion

Egyptians worshiped many gods(Polytheistic)

Combine 2 gods together to get a new one.
Believed in afterlife and rebirth.
Believed that their dead body needed to be
reserved to allow a place in the afterlife .
In Egypt , temples were places for gods .

Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

RA

Akenaton

Philae Temple

Egypt Temple

The priests

Mummies

 From the belief that dead body need to be

reserved after dead.
For anyone who can afforded.

Specialization of Labor

 The population was divided into groups of

people with different jobs and responsibilities
to society.
In Ancient Egypt, they had craftsmen,
doctors, lawyers, engineers, military leaders
who were trained as scribes, and priests who
were the teachers at the schools.

 Most Ancient Egyptians were farmers and

they learned to domesticate animals.

Social Classes

 The social ranks based on peoples jobs.

Pharaoh
Priests
Vizier
Government Official
Soldiers
Scribes
Traders or Merchants
Artisans
Farmers
Servants
Slaves

Art and Architecture

ART

Art
Based on their religion.
Many great artworks depict gods, goddesses.
Temples and Tombs were popular places for art.
Artists filled them with paintings, reliefs, and
sculptures.
Sculptures were made by clay, wood, metal, ivory
and stone.

Architecture

Architecture
Egypt is lack of woods.
Egyptian main construction materials
sun-baked mud
brick
stone

Pyramids

Egyptians built pyramids as tombs

for their Pharaohs and queen.

Organized
Government

 The type of government in Ancient Egypt was

Theocracy and the head of the government was the
Pharaoh.

 Government is involved vizier, army

commanders ,chief treasurers, the minister of
public works, and tax collectors.

Infrastructure

Digging and repair of canals were one of the

first duties of the government.
Egypt didnt build much road.

Writing

 Egyptians believed that writing was invented

by the god.
The most famous of all ancient Egyptian
scripts is hieroglyphic.