Outline of ancient Egypt explained

The following outline is provided as an overview of a topical guide to ancient Egypt:

Ancient Egypt - ancient civilization of eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BCE (according to conventional Egyptian chronology)^[1] with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh.^[2]

The many achievements of the ancient Egyptians include the quarrying, surveying and construction techniques that facilitated the building of monumental pyramids, temples, and obelisks; a system of mathematics; a practical and effective system of medicine; irrigation systems and agricultural production techniques; some of the first known ships;^[3] Egyptian faience and glass technology; new forms of literature; and the earliest known peace treaty.^[4] Its monuments have inspired the imaginations of travelers and writers for centuries.

What type of thing is Ancient Egypt?

Ancient Egypt can be described as:

an ancient civilization
- a Bronze Age civilization
part of ancient history

Geography of ancient Egypt

Places

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Government and politics of ancient Egypt

Pharaohs

Pharaoh – an article about the history of the title "Pharaoh" with descriptions of the regalia, crowns and titles used.
List of pharaohs – this article contains a list of the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, from the Early Dynastic Period before 3000 BCE through to the end of the Ptolemaic Dynasty
Coronation of the pharaoh
- Crowns of Egypt
Dynasties of Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian royal titulary

Government officials

Vizier (Ancient Egypt) – the vizier was the highest official in Ancient Egypt to serve the king, or pharaoh during the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.
Viceroy of Kush – the Lower Nubian Kush was a province of Egypt from the 16th century BCE to eleventh century BCE. During this period it was ruled by a viceroy who reported directly to the Egyptian Pharaoh.
Treasurer (Ancient Egypt) – the treasurer was responsible for products coming to the royal palace. They were the main economical administrator of the royal belongings.

Egyptian law

Military of ancient Egypt

General history of ancient Egypt

History of ancient Egypt

History of ancient Egypt, by period

Prehistoric Egypt - The Prehistory of Egypt spans the period of earliest human settlement to the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period of Egypt in ca. 3100 BCE.
- Naqada I or Amratian culture - a cultural period in the history of predynastic Upper Egypt, which lasted approximately from 4000 to 3500 BCE.
- Naqada II or Gerzeh culture - The Gerzean is the second of three phases of the Naqada Culture, and so is called Naqada II. It begins circa 3500 BCE lasting through circa 3200 BCE.
- Naqada III or Semainean culture - Naqada III is the last phase of the Naqadan period of ancient Egyptian prehistory, dating approximately from 3200 to 3100 BCE.
Early Dynastic Period of Egypt - The Archaic or Early Dynastic Period of Egypt immediately follows the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt c. 3100 BCE. It is generally taken to include:
- The First Dynasty of Egypt
- The Second Dynasty of Egypt
Old Kingdom of Egypt - The name given to the period in the 3rd millennium BCE 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. This time period includes:
- The Third Dynasty of Egypt
- The Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
- The Fifth Dynasty of Egypt
- The Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
First Intermediate Period of Egypt - This period is often described as a “dark period” in Ancient Egyptian history, spanning approximately 140 years after the end of the Old Kingdom from ca. 2181–2055 BCE.^[5] It included:
- The possibly spurious Seventh Dynasty of Egypt
- The Eighth Dynasty of Egypt
- The Ninth Dynasty of Egypt
- The Tenth Dynasty of Egypt
- Part of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt
Middle Kingdom of Egypt - The period in the history of ancient Egypt between 2055 BCE and 1650 BCE. This period includes:
- Later part of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt
- The Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt
- The Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- The Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt

Some writers include the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Dynasties in the Second Intermediate Period.

Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (Hyksos) - a period when Ancient Egypt fell into disarray for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom. It is best known as the period when the Hyksos made their appearance in Egypt. This period of disunity comprises
- The Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- The Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- The Abydos Dynasty
- The Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
New Kingdom of Egypt - Also referred to as the Egyptian Empire is the period in ancient Egyptian history between the 16th century BCE and the 11th century BCE, covering:
- The Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- The Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- The Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt
Third Intermediate Period - The time in Ancient Egypt from the death of Pharaoh Ramesses XI in 1070 BCE to the foundation of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty by Psamtik I in 664 BCE. This period includes:
- The Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt
- The Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
- The Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt
- The Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt
- The Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
Late Period of ancient Egypt
- The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, also known as the Saite Period, lasted from 672 BCE to 525 BCE.
- The Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt The First Persian Period (525 BC–404 BC), this period saw Egypt conquered by an expansive Persian Empire under Cambyses.
- The Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt consisted of a single king, Amyrtaeus, prince of Sais, who rebelled against the Persians. This dynasty lasted 6 years, from 404 BC to 398 BC.
- The Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ruled from Mendes, for the period from 398 BC to 380 BC.
- The Thirtieth Dynasty consisted of a series of three pharaohs ruling from 380 BC until their final defeat in 343 BC lead to the re-occupation by the Persians.
- The Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt was effectively a satrapy of the Achaemenid Persian Empire between 343 BC to 332 BC.
- The Ptolemaic dynasty ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom during the Hellenistic period, from 305 to 30 BC. They were the last dynasty of ancient Egypt.
- The Roman/Byzantine reign lasted from 30 BC to 646 AD.
- The Muslim conquest of Egypt took place between 639 and 646 AD.

History of ancient Egypt, by region

History of Alexandria

History of ancient Egypt, by subject

Egyptology

Egyptology - study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the 4th century AD. A practitioner of the discipline is an "Egyptologist".

Egyptologists

Egyptologist - a practitioner of Egyptology

Museums with ancient Egyptian exhibits

Museums of Egyptian antiquities

Egypt

France

Louvre

Germany

Italy

United Kingdom

United States

Brooklyn Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

Culture of ancient Egypt

Calendar
Cats in ancient Egypt
Clothing in ancient Egypt
Cuisine of ancient Egypt
Dance in ancient Egypt
Egyptian astronomy
Egyptian mathematics
Festivals in ancient Egypt
Homosexuality in ancient Egypt
Literature
Medicine
- Ancient Egyptian anatomical studies
- Egyptian medical papyri
Music of Egypt
Philosophy
Symbols of ancient Egypt

Architecture of ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptian architecture

Egyptian pyramids
- Egyptian pyramid construction techniques
- Giza pyramid complex
- Pyramidion
- Step pyramid
Egyptian temple
- Pylon
False door
Gardens of ancient Egypt
Obelisk
Urban planning in ancient Egypt

Buildings and structures

Art of ancient Egypt

- Amarna art Ancient Egyptian pottery
Egyptian faience
Funerary art in Ancient Egypt
Painting in Ancient Egypt
Portraiture in Ancient Egypt
Sculpture in Ancient Egypt

Religion in ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptian religion

Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs
Ancient Egyptian deities
- Egyptian pantheon
  - Ennead
    - Atum
    - Shu
    - Tefnut
    - Geb
    - Nut
      - Osiris Isis Horus
    - Set
    - Nephthys
  - Ogdoad of Hermopolis
    - Amun and Amunet
    - Heh and Hauhet
    - Kek and Kauket
    - Nu and Naunet
  - Theban Triad
    - Amun
    - Mut
    - Khonsu
  - Major deities
    - Amun Anhur Anubis Apep Apis Aten Bastet BennuHathorKhepri Khnum Khonsu Montu Mut Neith Ptah Ra SekhmetSetShu Sobek Thoth
  - Other deities
    - Ammit Bes MaahesMinPakhet Seker Seshat Tawaret Wadjet Wepwawet
Ancient Egyptian funerary practices
Ancient Egyptian funerary texts
Ancient Egyptian retainer sacrifices
Mortuary temple
Decline of ancient Egyptian religion
Religious concepts
- Aaru
- Akh
- Ba
- Duat
- Egyptian soul
- Isfet
- Ka
- Kek
- Maat
- Shai
Egyptian mythology
- Major myths
  - Ancient Egyptian creation myths
  - Osiris myth
- Numbers in Egyptian mythology

Ancient Egyptian language

Stages of ancient Egyptian language
- Archaic Egyptian

before 2600 BC, the language of the Early Dynastic Period. Egyptian writing in the form of labels and signs has been dated to 3200 BC.

- Old Egyptian

2686 BC – 2181 BC, the language of the Old Kingdom

- Middle Egyptian

2055 BC – 1650 BC, characterized the Middle Kingdom (2055 BC – 1650 BC), but endured through the early 18th Dynasty until the Amarna Period (1353 BC), and continued on as a literary language into the 4th century AD.

- Late Egyptian

1069 BC – 700 BC, characterized the Third Intermediate Period (1069 BC – 700 BC), but started earlier with the Amarna Period (1353 BC).

- Demotic

7th century BC – 5th century AD, from the Late Period through Roman times

- Coptic

1st century AD – 17th century AD, from early Roman times to early modern times

Writing systems
Decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts
Transliteration of Ancient Egyptian

Egyptian economy

Publications about ancient Egypt

The following outline is provided as an overview of a topical guide to ancient Egypt:Ancient Egypt – ancient civilization of eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BCE (according to conventional Egyptian chronology) with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh.The many achievements of the ancient Egyptians include the quarrying, surveying and construction techniques that facilitated the building of monumental pyramids, temples, and obelisks; a system of mathematics; a practical and effective system of medicine; irrigation systems and agricultural production techniques; some of the first known ships; Egyptian faience and glass technology; new forms of literature; and the earliest known peace treaty. Its monuments have inspired the imaginations of travelers and writers for centuries.

External links

Ancient Egypt video by the National Geographic

Notes and References

Web site: Chronology. 25 March 2008. Digital Egypt for Universities, University College London.
Dodson (2004) p. 46
Ward, Cheryl. "World's Oldest Planked Boats", in Archaeology (Volume 54, Number 3, May/June 2001). Archaeological Institute of America.
Clayton (1994) p. 153
[Kathryn A. Bard]