Ancient Egypt
Title: Ancient Egypt
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 833 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ancient Egypt
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 833 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ancient Egypt was even ancient to the ancient Egyptians themselves. It was as ancient to the ancient Greeks as the ancient Greeks are to us. 5,000 years separated us from the beginning of ancient Egypt. The history of Egypt begins with the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt into one United Kingdom. The first ruler under this new system was Menes. Thirty other dynasties would follow. To further unify Upper and
Lower Egypt Menes founded a
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spirit could find pleasure wandering unseen among the living. The palace art and architecture of these ancient kingdoms was intended to emphasize a hierarchical ordering of society, form ruler, to subject. Egypt's tombs and temples were ornamented with paintings of great distinction. A painting at the tomb of Theber shows floral offerings being made to the hawk god Mentu. This is highly stylized and rich, showing the worshipping of animal gods at the time.