This is a picture of the Pyrimads of Giza.
One of the gods that the ancient Egyptians belived in was Amun. Amun was once belived to be the king of the gods. His appearence was sometimes belived to be a man with a ram head, sometimes just a ram, and also a man wearing an orstrich plumed hat. Then Amun was belived to have combined with the sun god, Ra, and then became known as Amun-Ra.
Another god that the ancient egyptians belived in was Hathor. Hathor was was the wife of Horus and also known as the mother of the pharoah. She was the god of love and joy. She was said to look like a women with a heraddress of horns and a sun disk.
Egyptian Belifs
How did religion influence every aspect of ancient Egyptian life?
Religion in Egypt was crucial. The Egyptians were polytheistic and believed in a lot of different gods. The pictures shown on this page of the gods. The Egyptians also had beliefs in afterlife and death. They believed that humans possessed a ka or life force that left the body at the point of death. State religious practice included temple rituals, where they worshipped many gods. This is just a few of the many beliefs that ancient Egyptians had.
What are 3-5 characteristics of the ancient Egyptians life?
Hieroglyphics was one of the well-known characteristics of ancient Egypt. They used symbols for words to write out thoughts and ideas, a very well-known way to communicate. Different symbols were used for different letters and sentences. Later though, the Egyptians developed papyrus which made writing less time consuming and expensive. The ancient Egyptians rituals surrounding death was crucial part of the society. The Egyptians believed that the souls needed their belongings for the afterlife, they also believed that the souls needed their earthly body. The vast desert called the Red land was the ideal are for burial because the hot sun and desert sand kept the body from decaying. Egyptian attire consisted of a short fabric skirt, and a tunic that went down to the ankles. Egyptian women wore dark eye makeup called kohl. Noble women possessed luxury, such as wide pearl collars and glass beads, these characteristics are well known.
Why and how were the pyramids built, and how does it connect to the Egyptian religion/belief system?
The ancient Egyptians built pyramids as tombs to honor their pharaohs and queens. For the pharaohs they put valuable belongings in the tombs, believing that the pharaohs would need it for the afterlife. To build a magnificent pyramid like the pyramids of Giza took a lot of hard work, and persistence. Rocks were quarried over 600 miles, and probably transported down on rafts along the Nile River. After transported through the Nile the stones were placed on sleds and pulled near the starting of the pyramid, where stones men prepared the slabs. Once the foundation of the four sides of the pyramid was set, layers of stone was placed. No one really knows how the heavy blocks were really placed on the pyramid, but a theory is that side ramps could have been built out of wood along the sides of pyramids. Other theories are there though.
How To Make A Mummy
Step #1
The first step is embalming. The person who died is taken to a tent called "ibu." there he is washed by embalmers with good smelling palm wine, and rinsed the body water from the Nile.
Step #2
The enbalmers make a small slit in the let side of the body and removes all of the internal organs. It's important to remove them becasue they are the first to decompose. The liver, lungs,intestine, and stomach are washed and packed in natron. The heart is left inside the body becasue the man was beilved to need it for the afterlife. A long hook is placed through the nose so the embalmers can pull out the brain.
The body is covered and stuffed with natron, which will dry it out. All the fluids, and rags that were used during the embalming process will be saved and buried along with the body.
Step#3
After forty days the body is washed again with water fro the Nile River. Then it is covered with oils to keep the skin soft and elastic.
Step#4
Step#5
The dehydrated organs are wrapped in linen and put back inside the body. The body stuffed with linen, leaves, and sawdust to give more a likelike look.
The Egyptians had beliefs about the afterlife. They thought that after you ahd died you would still be alive and it would be better than actual life itself. In this primary source, you can see embalmers finishing up puttin the mummy in it's sarcophagus, and preparing for the ceromony of the opening of the mouth, before it is placed in it's tomb.