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Egypt
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Egypt Today
• Republic government
• 26 governorates
• The legal system is based on the English common law, the
Islamic law, and Napoleonic codes.
– Judicial rule by Supreme Court and Council of State
• The president is President Mohammad Hosni Mubarak
• The legislative branch is a bicameral system, which consists of
454 members, called the People’s Assembly
• The Supreme Constitutional Court is the highest court.
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History
• Egypt can be divided up into five different historical eras:
– Prehistory – the time before writing
– The Dynastic Period – the time of Egyptian Pharaohs and Kings
– The Greco-Roman Period – Egypt ruled by Greek Kings and
Roman Emperors
– The Archaic Islamic Period – after the Arab invasion
– The Colonial Period – Egypt ruled by Europeans
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Monuments and Sites
• The Mortuary Complex of Djedefre,
located in Abu Rawash.
• The two oldest known step pyramids,
located south of Zawyet el-Aryan.
• Amenemhat’s Pyramid, located in
Hawara.
• The Valley of the Kings, located on the
west bank of Thebes.
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Gods and Goddesses of Ancient
Egypt
• Amun – known as one of the most powerful
gods of Egypt
• Anubis – the god of the dead
• Horus – the god of the sky
• Khepri – the god of creation, the movement
of the sun and rebirth
• Ra – the sun god
• Shu – was the god of the air
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Gods and Goddesses Continued
• Seshat – the goddess of writing and
measurement
• Ptah – the god of craftsmen
• Ma’at – the goddess of truth, justice
and harmony
• Geb – the god of the earth
• Seth – the god of chaos.
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Mummification
• Early Egyptians buried the dead in a small pit
in the desert where the sun quickly
dehydrated the bodies forming natural
mummies.
• Later they began burying the dead in coffins,
but realized that the bodies decayed without
being exposed to the desert sun.
• Over many centuries, the Egyptians came up
with the mummification process, which
includes the embalming of the corpse, and
then wrapping it in strips of linen.
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Pyramids of Egypt
• The pyramids were built as burial
grounds for the Pharaohs and their
queens.
• There are approximately 80 pyramids in
Egypt
• The 3 largest and best preserved are
located in Giza.
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Pharaohs
• Were considered the most powerful person
in Egypt
• Was considered the political and religious
leader
• Titles given to the Pharaohs:
– ‘Lord of the Two Lands’
– ‘High Priest of Every Temple’
• The pharaoh represented the gods on Earth,
performing rituals and building temples in
honor of the gods.
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