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The Oasis of Learning The Old Kingdom
History
4.1  Prehistoric and Archaic Egypt
4.2  The Old Kingdom
4.3  The Middle Kingdom
4.4  The New Kingdom
4.5  The Hellenistic Period
4.6  The Roman Period
4.7  The Arab Conquest
4.8  Modern Times
 
Amenophis III

Ask Amenophis:

  Do any modern cultures practice mummification?  
  What parts of the body were removed before mummification?  
  What does the word "Pharaoh" mean?  
The Old Kingdom is the age of pyramids. Almost all aspects of Egyptian society took form during the Old Kingdom, and Egyptians always looked back on it as a time of peace and prosperity.