古埃及文明

The Civilization of Ancient Egypt

双语讲座——胡云菲

Where in the world is Egypt?

Ancient Egyptian civilization existed about 4,500 BC, and it was located in in the fertile( 肥沃的 )Nile( 尼罗河 )valley of northeastern Africa.

• The Nile valley had rich soil for farming. The Nile delta also had grass necessary to feed herds of cattle. In addition to agriculture, the Nile River was a great source of fish. Ancient Egypt was also an area rich with gold.

The Natural Resources

Time Line of Ancient Egypt

Old Kingdom 古王国(2686-2160BC)

Middle Kingdom 中王国(2040-1633BC)

New Kingdom 新王国(1558-1085BC)

Architecture

• Pyramid• A pyramid is a structure with

triangular( 三角形的 ) sides that rise to a peak from a square( 正方形 ),rectangular ( 长方形 ),or triangular ( 三角形 )base( 底座 ).

Questions:

1 Why did the egyptians build pyramids?

The …1 Where is the three larg

est and best-preserved pyramids?

The …

An introduction to the Khufu Pyramid

• It is known as the 'Great Pyramid'. And it was build for Khufu in BC 2560.

Khufu Pyramid

Khufu Pyramid

Khufu Pyramid

Khufu Pyramid

Khufu Pyramid

Khufu Pyramid

Granite>2.5 ton

The mystery about the Egyptian pyramids

Who built the pyramid?

How to build the pyramid?

How to build a pyramd?

猜测一：百万奴隶血汗的结晶 猜测二：混凝土浇灌的结果 猜测三：失落文明的遗产 猜测四：地外文明的杰作

Let’s begin to build!

Ramp Theories

• The External Ramp and Crane Theories

• The Internal Ramp Theory

Mummy

Why the Egyptian make a mummy?

How to make a mummy?

The Great Sphinx