1. By:
Amit Das

2. Location
 To the north is the Mediterranean
Sea, and
 To the east the Red Sea.
 Egypt is separated from Libya and
North Africa by the western
desert,
 From Palestine and Israel by the
desert of the Sinai Peninsula.

3. Class based society
• The Royal Family
• Nobles
• Upper Class
• Lower Class

4. Gender Roles and
Statuses
• Division of Labor by Gender
• The Relative Status of Women and Men

5. LANGUAGE
&
LITERATUR

6. The Egyptian language was among the first written languages
Hieroglyphs
Hieratic Demotic Coptic

7. Book of Gates
Book of Dead
Book of Caverns

8. ARCHITECTURE

9. Great SPHINX Egyptian LUXOR
3 Pyramids of GIZA The Temple Complex of KARNAK

10. Music
&
Dance

11. Types of Dance
• Funeral Dances
• Festive Dances
• Dramatic Dances

12. Belly Dance

13. Music
Instruments Found in Egypt:
Clappers - mostly made of bone or wood
Cymbals
Bells
End-Blown Flutes
Pipes - both single or double reeds
Lyres
The Lute
The Harp - the angle, shoulder, and bow
Double Clarinet
Trumpet
Hydraulic
Sistrum
Crotals

14. Festivals

15. Ramadan Moulid an-Nabi Sham al-Naseem

16. Egypt host to a number of
festivals

17. Sports
• Football is the most popular sport in Egypt
• The Egyptian national football team won the African
Cup of Nations seven times setting a new record in
Africa
• Other popular sports in Egypt
are basketball, handball, squash, and tennis

18. Cuisine
Ful Medames Fried Falafel Basbousa

19. Beverages
• Tea is the national drink in Egypt
Koshary tea
Saiidi tea
Green tea
Tisanes (herbal teas)
• Sugar cane juice is called "aseer
asab“
• A sour, chilled drink made from tamarind

20. Food Customs at
Ceremonial Occasions
• The 'Id al-Fitr
• The Prophet's Birthday
• Fasting is seen as a spiritual exercise by both Muslims

21. DRESS

22. Ancient Egyptian Wear
Pharaoh Priest Man Women

23. Modern Men & Women Wear

24. Headwear
Skullcap(taqiyah) Fez(Tarbush) Turban Kufiya

25. Marriage
&
Family

26. • One of the critical decisions a woman can make is the
choice of marriage partner
• Marriage to cousins, however, remains frequent,
accounting for 39 percent of marriages in a 1995 sample
• Egyptians frequently do not have "family" names e.g.,
Hassan Ali Abdullah

27. Religion

28. • Egypt is a country of "everyday piety”
• 5 Pillars
The statement of this basic profession
The Ramadan fast
The pilgrimage to Mecca
The five daily prayers &
The giving of alms
.

29. Ra God Sobek
• Ra, the sun-god
• Isis was worshiped as the mother goddess.
• Animal worship is another important aspect
of the Egyptian religion
The cat-headed goddess Bastet
Lion-headed war god Maahes
The crocodile-headed god Sobek &
The frog-goddess Heqit were idolized

30. Life after death
&
Mummification

31. Mummification
Embalming Wrapping

32. Tutankhamun's mummy