1. Ancient Egypt:
The New Kingdom and the
Third Intermediate Period
By Lily Tagg, Samuel Law, Riley
Lasda and Mark

2. Dates
1550 - 1069 b.c.e.
18th Dynasty- 1550-1292 b.c.e.
19th Dynasty- 1292-1185 b.c.e.
20th Dynasty- 1186-1069 b.c.e.

3. Geography
-Centered around
the Nile River
-Expanded to
territories in Syria-
Palestine
-Conquered
territories in Nubia
and Modern Day
Turkey

4. Surrounding Peoples
Nubia
Hyskos Syria-Palestine Hittites
- Civilization
-Asiatic people -Ahmose -Mysterious
-known as
located to
conquered the culture who had
foreign rulers of civilizations South of
Egypt conquered the
Egypt along the Babylonians and
-Influx of -Culturally
eastern posed such a
immigration to similar to
Egypt from asia Mediterranean Egyptians serious threat
minor lead to known today that Egypt was
-At height of
gradual as palestine forced to make
Egyptian
infiltration of expansion, peace treaties to
hyskos avoid
-Drove out by
nubia was
controlled as confrontation
Pharaohs
marking the far south as
beginning of the the 4th
new kingdom cataract of the
Nile River

5. Relationship with Surrounding Peoples
Hyskos Syria-Palestine
Nubia Hittites

6. Government of the New Kingdom:
-During the New Kingdom the -The ancient egyptians of
ancient egyptians moved the new kingdom were
their Capital to Thebes and then quite dominating and
at the end of the era, to conquered many lands.
Akenton. including nubia where some
future pharaohs would
come from.
-Egypt was ruled by a theocratic
supreme ruler called a Pharaoh.
-Priests held a lot of power,
advising the pharaoh.

7. New Kingdom Art
- Hieroglyphs printed on papyrus: represented religious,
political life and historical depictions
- Pottery made from steatite & soapstone, often carved to show
animals or dieties
- Discovered coating pottery with enamel
could preserve works better
- Pottery resembling body parts (heart,
lungs, kidneys) were buried in tombs
with the dead, as well as stoneware cones engraved with
name, office, etc of the deceased
- Sculpture depicted famous pharohs, dieties in a timeless
manner to show the figure's "ka" (eternal afterlife)

8. Book of the Dead
Beginning during the New Kingdom, the dead were buried with
the Book of the Dead to assist in the afterlife. The book
comprised of writing and depictions of the afterlife. Stylistically,
the paintings were very flat and showed only profile views of
people and animals. Men were traditionally shown as having
darker skin than women.

9. Amarna Art
- Amarna art developed after the rule
of Akhenaten and the 18th Dynasty.
- Very different from other Egyptian
art: showed movement, activity, and
crowded areas
- People depicted differently: more
feminine (i.e. big hips) but still shown
only in profile; women and men shown
with the same skin tone
- Sculpture placed emphasis on the
chin & long necks

10. Architecture
- used mainly mud blocks and stone
- the prosperity of New Kingdom allowed investment in
buildings, temples, & obelisks
- pharaohs used engravings on temple walls as a form of
propaganda to tell their versions of history
- Ramesses II rebuilt, redecorated, or
expanded almost all temples
in Egypt during his rule
- change from building
pyramids to carving tombs
into stone walls