Exploring Egypt
By Shane & Hunter
Egypt Relgion
Questions
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Q: How did religion influence every aspect of ancient Egyptian life?
A: In everyday life people would go to the temple and worship the god associated with that temple. Also the Egyptians believed that their gods helped them with everyday things and were told to have protected the Egyptians.
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Q: What are 3-5 characteristics of the ancient Egyptian religion/belief system (i.e. gods and goddesses, legends, view of the afterlife, etc.)?
The Ancient Egyptians religion was polytheistic which means they worshipped many gods such as Ra the sun god (who Akhenaton tried to change Egypt to worship only this god). As of the afterlife they believed that to be comfortable in the afterlife your body had to be buried with treasures and your personal belongings if you wanted to be comfortable in the afterlife. They had many temples each one having a different god associated with that temple. They as many as 2,000 gods and goddesses and each of them were “part animal and part human.” (Petersburg Times.)
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Q: Why and how were the pyramids built, and how does it connect to the Egyptian religion/belief system?
Pyramids were related to Egypt’s religion because that is where the pharaohs were buried and the pharaohs where told to be “Gods”. Also the Egyptians believed that to have a good after life you had to be buried with riches and personal belongings. Archeologists know this because king Tut’s tomb was found to be unfound unlike, if not all, most other pharaohs. They were built using blocks of carved stone bricks.
Gods and Godesses
The Ancient Egytians bellived in many gods, way to many to count. Here are a few examples of some of their gods and godesses.
Ra
God of the sun
Orsiris
God of the afterlife, death, life, and resurrection
Anubis
God of funerals and death
Geb
God of the Earth
Horus
God of the sky and kingships
Bastet
Goddess of cats, protection, joy, dance, music, family, and love
Nut
Goddess of the Sky, Stars, the Sun, the Moon.
How to make a mummy
Preparing the mummy
Pictures and info from: http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/mummies/story/main.html
1. The body is taken to a tent were it is washed in wine and water from the Nile.
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2. The internal organs are taken out and placed in jars after being washed in natron.
3. The whole body is then stuffed and coverd with natron to dry it out.
4. 40 days later the body is washed with more water and coverd with oils.
5. The dry internal organs are then wrapped in linnen and returned to the body before dry materials are put in it to make it look alive.
Wrapping the mummy
1. The head and neck are wrapped with fine linen. Then the toes and fingers are wrapped.
2. Then the arms and legs are wrapped separetly and amulets are placed in between the layers.
3. The arms are tied together and so are the legs, a papyrus scroll with spells from the book of the dead is then placed is. between the arms
4. More linen strips are placed around the body using liquid resin to glue the bandages together.
5. Finally the body is coverd with a cloth that has the god osiris on it and placed in a coffin.