The Old Kingdom

The Egyptians believed that the pharaohs had absolute power over all of the land and people of Egypt because he (or she) came to Earth to manage Egypt for the rest of the gods.

• True

• False

There were very few trees that grew naturally in Egypt. In order to get wood, the Egyptians had to...

• travel deep into the Sahara Desert to cut down trees

• trade with Syria

What did scribes do?

• Scribes built pyramids for the pharaohs.

• Scribes worked on the farms with their families.

• Scribes wrote messages using hieroglyphics.

• Scribes traveled around Egypt and traded.

The Egyptians believed in...

• only one supreme God.

• many gods and goddesses.

What was the primary purpose of the pyramids in ancient Egypt?

• To serve as palaces for the pharaohs

• To protect against invaders

• To serve as tombs for the pharaohs

• To store grain

Mummies were part of the ancient Egyptian's religious beliefs regarding the afterlife. Who had mummies made?

• Every member of Egyptian society had mummies made for them, regardless of their status.

• Only royalty and other members of Egypt's elite, or people of wealth and power, could afford to have mummies made.

• Only pharaohs had mummies made.

This was Egypt's first great period of unity and prosperity.

These are massive tombs that house dead bodies.

• cemetaries

• graves

• pyramids

• sphynx

Around this year King Djoser got an idea to build a pyramid.

This talented vizier designed the King's pyramid.

• Giza

• Khafre

• Menkaure

• Imhotep