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Ancient history week 6a
- 4. The Middle Kingdom would have been when
Joseph was Prime Minister during the famine in
Egypt. 2050-1800 BC
- 6. The Golden Age
followed the Early
Kingdom. It was from
1300-1090 BC.
- 7. Ramses II is also believed to be the
Pharoah that lived during Moses’ time.
- 8. Ramses the great came to the throne at a young
age and served for a time with his father.
- 9. He fought a powerful people in Asia called the Hittites
and the Philistines who we read about in the Bible.
- 10. Ramses started a great
building called the “Great
Hall” whose columns were
78 feet high.
- 14. A mummy is a body of a person who has
been preserved after death. There is a
process to embalm the body and protect
it from decay.
- 16. We know that to be absent from the body,
you are present with the Lord if you are a
Christian. Egyptians did not believe in God.
- 17. It was almost an art to mummify an
Egyptian. The body was washed & purified.
- 19. The organs were individually wrapped with
long strips of linen and placed in jars.
- 20. The body cavity was then stuffed with
natron. The brain was removed
through the nose using a long hook.
- 21. Since the ancient Egyptians thought the brain was
unimportant, it was probably thrown away.
- 22. The body was then left to dry out for 40 days with a
special chemical, then it was prepared for bandaging.
- 23. The body was then adorned with Gold,
jewels—even the fingers and toes were
covered with special gold caps.
- 26. Once the body was prepared, it was time for the
funeral.
People were hired to
cry over the body.
- 27. The Egyptians had many ceremonies for
the dead to be ready for the afterlife.
They practiced this for over 3,000 years.