Ancient Egypt: The Apis Bull Ritual

Timeline 

  • First Hominins Period:  The earliest, dating 7-6 million years ago.
  •  
  • Early Hominins Period: From 2.7 - 1.5 million years ago.
  • Paleolithic Period: Roughly from 2.5 million years ago to 10,000 B.C.
  • Neolithic Period: From around 4300 BC down to 2000 BC

Indigenous Caribbean 1492 AD (Spider web idea)

Syncretic Caribbean  2022 AD (Spider web idea)

  •  Copper or Chalcolithic Age: 3500 to 2300 BCE.
  • Bronze Age: 3300 BC to 1200 BC,
  • Iron Age: 1200 B.C. and 600 B.C.
          • The Portuguese, in the 16th century, were the first to buy slaves from West African slavers and transport them across the Atlantic. In 1526, they completed the first transatlantic slave voyage to Brazil, and other Europeans soon followed.
          • Syncretic Caribbean:  2022 AD (Spider Web idea)
  • Ancient Egypt:   First Dynasty: 3150  -  2890 B.C. / Apis Bull Ritual or The Running of Apis
        • Old Kingdom / 2,700-2,200 B.C.,
        • Middle Kingdom, / 2,050-1,800 B.C.,
        •  New Kingdom / until about 343 B.C.

 

 I

 Unit: Ancient Egypt

Theme: The Apis Bull Ritual


Introduction 

 

Ancient Egypt was a civilization in Northeast Africa situated in the Nile Valley. Ancient Egyptian civilization followed prehistoric Egypt and coalesced around 3100 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under Menes.


II

Learning Objectives

 

  • Understand the historic period in which Ancient Egypt existed
  • Explain the main characteristics of Ancient Egypt
  • Gain an awareness of the possible way Ancient Egyptian dances were performed
  • Experience the creation of the Apis Bull ritual in the subjunctive mood



III

Main Lesson


1

Scholars generally agree that the earliest form of writing appeared almost 5,500 years ago in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq). Early pictorial signs were gradually substituted by a complex system of characters representing the sounds of Sumerian (the language of Sumer in Southern Mesopotamia) and other languages.

Because Egypt presents an important succession of organized kingdoms, it becomes a useful frame in the study of ancient history and its dance.

 

2


Ancient Egypt Timeline

Ancient Egypt lasted for three main periods in history: the Old Kingdom, which lasted from 2,700-2,200 B.C., the Middle Kingdom, from 2,050-1,800 B.C., and the New Kingdom, which reigned until about 343 B.C. 
 

 

Questions

1. Which two regions groups the original city states of what became known as Egypt? 

2. In which way was the pharaoh similar to a shaman?

3. According to the narrator, why are the pyramids historically significant?

4. Why is hieroglyphic writing an important system for the development of the arts?

 

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(00:00 - 29:40)

Questions

5. Who was Menes?

6. Why was Menes important?

 

4


The Bangles 

 

The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (Official Video)

 https://youtu.be/Cv6tuzHUuuk?si=HkcZUj2j5O3XhJJH



5

 

LINK

 Ancient Egypt Dances by Irena Lexova

(Pages 8 & 9)

Question 7 & 8

Which were the main differences between dances for men and women?

In what context was dance performed?

 (Page 21) 

See all the dances that existed then. Focus on the religious.



IV

A Note to Remember

 Egypt presents an important succession of organized kingdoms, it becomes a useful frame in the study of ancient history and its dance.


V

Case Study


Encyclopedia's Link

Apis Bull 

 


Questions

6. Why were funeral dances important for Ancient Egyptians?

7. What was the importance of the Apis Bull in the context of funeral dances?

 

VI

Activity

Get in your groups.

Create a tableau using the Death and Replacement part of the Encyclopedia's section on the Apis Bull. 

Create 6 frames for your tableau in which you summarize the main aspects of the Apis Bull ritual.

 


VII

Journaling


VIII

Glossary


IX

Sources


X

Students' Work

 

 

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