1.Old Kingdom-The first of 3 "Kingdom-Periods" in Egypt; followed by "Middle" and "New".
2. Pharoah- Egyptian God-King; means "great house"
3.Re- Egyptian sun god
4.The Great Sphinx-A huge statue with the head of a man and the body of a lion in Egypt
5.Polytheistic-Belief in many deities or gods
6. Hapi- God of the Nile River
7.Isis-The most important goddess; represented the loyal wife and mother
8.Osiris-God of the dead and underworld; Husband of Isis
9.Book of the Dead-collection of spells and prayers that Egyptians studied to obtain life after death.
10.MummificationThe process of preparing the body for the afterlife
11.Pyramids-Tombs or Graves for Pharaohs; contained everything needed for the afterlife.
12.Great Pyramid-Largest pyramid in Egypt; Built for King Khufu
13.2600BCE-Old Kingdom period begins
14.2300BCE-Old Kingdom period declines
15. Diety- Another word for god or goddess
2. Pharoah- Egyptian God-King; means "great house"
3.Re- Egyptian sun god
4.The Great Sphinx-A huge statue with the head of a man and the body of a lion in Egypt
5.Polytheistic-Belief in many deities or gods
6. Hapi- God of the Nile River
7.Isis-The most important goddess; represented the loyal wife and mother
8.Osiris-God of the dead and underworld; Husband of Isis
9.Book of the Dead-collection of spells and prayers that Egyptians studied to obtain life after death.
10.MummificationThe process of preparing the body for the afterlife
11.Pyramids-Tombs or Graves for Pharaohs; contained everything needed for the afterlife.
12.Great Pyramid-Largest pyramid in Egypt; Built for King Khufu
13.2600BCE-Old Kingdom period begins
14.2300BCE-Old Kingdom period declines
15. Diety- Another word for god or goddess
The Old Kingdom is the name commonly given to the period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement – the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley (the others being Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom).The term Old Kingdom, coined during the nineteenth century, is somewhat arbitrary. Egyptians at that time would have seen no distinction between the Old Kingdom and the preceding Early Dynastic Period, since the last Early Dynastic king was related by blood to the first two kings of the Old Kingdom, and the Early Dynastic royal residence at Ineb -Hedj (translated as "The White Walls" for its majestic fortifications) remained unchanged except for the name. During the Old Kingdom, the capital was renamed Memphis.
The Early Pyramids- From the beginning of the Dynastic Era (2950 B.C.), royal tombs were carved into rock and covered with flat-roofed rectangular structures known as mastabas, which were precursors to the pyramids. The oldest known pyramid in Egypt was built around 2630 B.C. at Saqqara, for the third dynasty’s King Djoser. Known as the Step Pyramid, it began as a traditional mastaba but grew into something much more ambitious. As the story goes, the pyramid’s architect was Imhotep, a priest and healer who some 1,400 years later would be deified as the patron saint of scribes and physicians. After Djoser, the stepped pyramid became the norm for royal burials, although none of those planned by his dynastic successors were completed (probably due to their relatively short reigns).