Journey Through Egypt

It was King Menes who united Upper and Lower Egypt.

This is King Narmer

This palette shows King Narmer (Menes) and how he united Upper and Lower Egypt.

Every image on the palette shows King Narmers might and importance.

Narmer holding onto his hair shows conquest and domination

Hatshepsut became pharaoh c.1479 to 1458B.C. (Lauderdale).

What makes Hatshepsut a notable pharaoh was because she was a woman.

Kingship was usually restricted to men, but Hatshepsut gained sole power by being cunning. She became co-ruler until Tuthmosis III was of age(Lauderdale).

She then surprised everyone by declaring herself pharaoh.

This is Hatshepsut depicted as a man

She ruled for 22 years, then her step-son Tuthmosis III took over (Lauderdale).

He wanted to wipe her from history. He ordered her name and image to be removed from every part of Egypt(Lauderdale).

This saved Egypt from extinction. It was the biggest empire ever to be conquered and ruled by one king.

The beard shows the power of the pharaohs.

Here she is depicted as a man, which was what she wanted because women weren't seen as pharaohs.

Here she is depicted more as a woman than a man which was harder to find.

This shows Tuthmosis in a powerful stance.

His fists are clenched, the hat and beard show his power.

In this palette King Narmer is showing his dominance over other people.

The reasons i think this is because there are dead people underneath Narmer.

There is a man in the background holding Narmers shoes

Narmer holding onto his foes hair shows his dominance and power over him.

This bull is showing its power over his fallen enemy

The two lions have elongated necks forming a circle which shows the union between Upper and Lower Egypt.

In this register Narmer is wearing a different crown or headdress.

This shows a bunch of dead bodies laying on the ground.

The bodies could show once again Narmer's power over any enemy.

Work Cited

Hahn, Monica, and Bryan Seymour. "Ramesses II." Smart History. Ed. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. Khan Academy, n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2013.

Launderdale, Katherine. "Hatshepsut." Egypt's Golden Empire. PBS, 15 Mar. 2006. Web. 25 Sept. 2013.

Journey Through Egypt

Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis III

King Narmer (Menes)

Then Hatshepsut made sure that she was portrayed in pictures as a man, with a male body and even a false beard(Lauderdale).

Tuthmosis III conquered more land then anyone before him (Lauderdale).

Ramesses II

Ramesses II sculptures are about showing power (Hahn and Seymour).

The Pharaohs

Tuthmosis

Hatshepsut

Pharaohs, or kings, ruled Egypt from approximately 3100B.C..