The Old Kingdom

The Old Kingdom

4	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

Ask Amenophis:


	Who killed Osiris?

	Were animals mummified, too?

	What parts of the body were removed before mummification?

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.