Ancient Egypt
The Gift of the Nile
A Joruney of the Nile
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Ancient Egypt
Its history of the Old, Middle,
and New Kingdom
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history/timeline.html
History & Geography
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Geography of Egypt
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Geography of Ancient Egypt
Look at this map and notice where the cities in ancient Egypt were located. Ancient Egyptian
civilization developed in the delta and valley regions of the Nile River, isolated and
protected by vast deserts on either side. The Nile River was the "backbone" of Egypt. The
annual flooding of the river deposited rich soil allowing farmers to raise crops along the river
banks. This fertile strip along the Nile was never more than 12 miles wide. Rich agricultural
and mineral resources along with protection provided by the desert allowed a
long-lasting civilization to develop in Egypt.
Literature
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t+egypt
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egypt/dailylife/papyrus.html
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Philosophy and Religion
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Government
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Life of the People
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Life of the People
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Egyptian Art
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Art continued
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egypt/artisans/pottery.html
Architecture
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Hieroglyphics and Writing
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Hieroglyphics
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The Gardens
One rarely hears very little about gardens, and yet, they were an
essential element to the ancient Egyptian people. Those who could
afford to do so laid out gardens in front of both their houses and tomb
chapels. The gods were even thought to enjoy gardens and so most
every temple was surrounded by lush greenery. Gardens seem to have
been particularly important during the New Kingdom. It should also be
noted that certain types of gardens had religious symbolism.
We know that gardens often consisted of both trees and other plants.
Popular trees included the sycamore fig, pomegranate, nut trees and
jujube. However, willows, acacia and tamarisk were also found. In all,
there were about eighteen varieties of trees grown by the Egyptians.
Flowers were also abundant, and included daisies, cornflowers,
mandrakes, roses, irises, myrtle, jasmine, mignonettes, convolvulus,
celosia, narcissus, ivy, lychnis, sweet marjoram, henna, bay laurel,
small yellow chrysanthemums and poppies. Of course, there were also
papyrus, lotus and grapes.
Gardens
Gardens were not simply for pleasant environs to the Ancient
Egyptians. The Papyrus and Lotus plants were symbolic of the two
regions of Lower and Upper Egypt (respectively). Of course, gardens
also provided food including vegetables and wine, and in the final
analysis, we might know much less about ancient Egypt if it were not
for the papyrus paper used through most of Egyptian history.
Regrettably, we know of very few depictions of gardens that surround
normal houses, but several literary descriptions of a country estate
mention the lush cultivated grounds around a villa of the New
Kingdom. There is much more evidence concerning gardens that
surround tomb chapels and mortuary temples. Models of gardens were
placed in a lot of tombs. In many funerary texts, the deceased talks
about walking under the trees of his garden and drinking the water of
its lake.
An Egyptian Garden
Music
Music has been a part of Egyptian culture probably since its beginning.
The ancient Egyptians credited on of their gods, Thoth, with the
invention of music. Osiris used music as part of his effort to civilize the
world. Tomb and temple paintings show a variety of musical
instruments in both sacred and secular environments, and many of the
dead were buried with instruments. This leads to the thought that
music formed an integral part of not only Egyptian rituals, but also
daily life and recreation. Sadly, no written pieces of music have
survived, and no system of notation is known to have been developed
by the ancient Egyptians. It would seem that music in ancient Egypt
was, like so many of the arts at that time, passed down from one
person to another in a form of "aural" tradition. Various universities
and institutions are working to extrapolate what ancient Egyptian
music might have sounded like based on present-day and known
historical forms using recreations of instruments.
Music Continued
Instruments known to have existed in ancient Egypt are
roughly the same ones as have been created by nearly all
civilizations. Lyres, harps, flutes, pipes, horns (not "true"
horns as we know them, but instruments similar to the
didgeridoo of the Australian Aborigines, the dragon-horn of
Tibet, and the shofar of the Hebrew people), and of
course, drums, cymbals, and other percussion. As the ages
passed, new instruments were added in as they were
developed or introduced from other peoples. Given Egypt's
importance in the ancient world, one can easily assume
that at one time or another, every kind of instrument ever
created has been played in within its borders.
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Music
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An Ancient Egyptian Harp