Ancient Egypt

What is Ancient Egypt?

• Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of Egypt. It is one of six civilizations globally to arise independently.

Ancient Nubia

• Nubia was home to some of Africa’s earliest kingdoms. Known for rich deposits of gold, Nubia was also the gateway through which luxury products like incense, ivory, and ebony traveled from their source in sub-Saharan Africa to the civilizations of Egypt and the Mediterranean. Archers of exceptional skill provided the military strength for Nubian rulers. Kings of Nubia ultimately conquered and ruled Egypt for about a century. Monuments still stand—in modern Egypt and Sudan—at the sites where Nubian rulers built cities, temples, and royal pyramids.

Ancient Egypt and Nubia

• At the time of Ramesses II, the Egyptians believed that Egypt was the centre of the world and that their enemies came from the four points of the world, the North, South, East, and West. Furthest North were the Hittites who controlled areas in Syria and Asia Minor. To the South were the Nubians, who shared Egypt's southern border. To the Northeast were the Asiatics, who controlled territory in the Levant and the Near East. And finally, to the West, were the Libyans who controlled the land to the West of Egypt on the African coast.

Fact: How did they make mummy's?

• Pull brain out of nose using a hook
• Make a cut on the left side of the body near the tummy
• Remove all internal organs
• Let the internal organs dry
• Place the lungs, intestines, stomach and liver inside canopic jars
• Place the heart back inside the body
• Rinse inside of body with wine and spices
• Cover the corpse with natron (salt) for 70 days
• After 40 days stuff the body with linen or sand to give it a more human shape
• After the 70 days wrap the body from head to toe in bandages
• Place in a sarcophagus (a type of box like a coffin)

Modern Day Egypt

• Egypt is a nation located at the northeastern corner of Africa, where Africa and Asia meet. It links the Muslim countries of southwest Asia with those of North Africa. The country is bordered by Libya on the west and by Sudan on the south. It is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea and on the east by Israel and the Red Sea. With over 80 million people, Egypt is the world's most populous Arab country. It is the second most populous nation in Africa, after Nigeria.

Modern Day Nubia