AHIS170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Silt, Canopic Chest, Hetepheres I
27 Aug 2018
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* old kingdom egypt (dynasties 3-6, 2686-2181bc) experienced a long, uninterrupted period of economic stability and prosperity, continuing from the early dynastic period. * there was an organised state, ruled by one king of upper and lower egypt, and administered by the literate elite. * development of pyramid engineering and architecture is evident through 4 main stages: * step pyramid (first monumental stone building), collapsed pyramid, bent pyramid, and red. * chronological frameworks applied to ancient egyptian history: * manetho(cid:1685)s dynastic system, based on ancient egyptian king lists, and the term (cid:1688)kingdoms(cid:1689), applied to the high points of egyptian civilisation by modern scholars. * the mortuary complex of djose, saqqara, limestone statue. * khafra, famous for his sphinx with no nose. * temple of set 1, abydos, kartooshes of kings (kings list) * the memphite cemetery was used as a royal and elite burial ground, comprising of modern sites: Abu rawash, abusir, giza, dahshur, meidum and saqqara.
