AHCL 2201 Lecture Notes - Chisel, Serdab, Mastaba

• School: Trent University
• Department: Ancient History and Classics
• Course: AHCL 2201
• Professor: James Cook

Document Summary

Also required a great deal of materials for construction: did the pyramid bankrupt the old kingdom o. Pharaoh was not used until the new kingdom: the king is the son of ra o, guarantor of ma"at. Justified the traditional; social order: the king was the son of ra, and thus communicated between the living and the gods, the king ensures that the forces of chaos do not over run the order. The people (the cove labour: the king gives gifts as a means of consolidating his power. Every day priests had to perform several rituals of feeding and clothing the dead king: often endowed by donations of land/estates. Large gatherings - parties - where people would bring goods to the burial: daily activity, non-royal. Ka - a person with upraised arms - life force: humans and gods have a ka, requires offerings - lives on after death.