RELIGION IN ANCIENT EGYPT

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RELIGION IN ANCIENT EGYPT

• REFLECTS THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURE IN THEIR
  LIVES
• DIFFERENT GODS CONTROL- LED FORCES OF NATURE
  
  
  
  
  GAVE GOOD
  HARVESTS
  
  
  
  
  CAUSED CROPS TO DIE
  
  
  
  
  POWER OVER LIFE/DEATH

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RELIGION IN ANCIENT EGYPT

• POLYTHEISTIC
  
  
  
  
  MAIN GODS
  
  
  
  
  VILLAGE GODS
• IDENTIFIED CERTAIN GODS WITH ANIMALS, SUCH AS CATS

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EGYPTIAN GODS

• AMON-RE (SUN GOD)
  
  
  
  
  MOST IMPORTANT
  
  
  
  
  SUNRISE IN THE EAST
  
  
  
  
  BIRTH
  
  
  
  
  SUNSET IN THE WEST
  
  
  
  
  DEATH.
  

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AMON- RE

• SUN SYMBOLISM IS
• REASON WHY ALL TOMBS
• AND FUNERAL TEMPLES
• WERE ON NILE WEST
• BANK

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OSIRIS (GOD OF THE NILE )

• MOST IMPORTANT TO NILE FARMERS
• EVERY YEAR, REBIRTH OF OSIRIS CELEBRATED
• LEGEND

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• OSIRIS, KILLED BY EVIL BROTHER GOD SET (CAUSED
  CROPS TO FAIL)
• OSIRIS WIFE ISIS BRINGS OSIRIS BACK TO LIFE
• OSIRIS DID NOT RETURN TO THE LAND OF THE LIVING
  BUT REMAINED GOD OF THE UN- DERWORLD, JUDGE OF
  THE DEAD

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LIFE AFTER DEATH

• LIFE AND DEATH A CENTRAL THEME IN EGYPTIAN
  RELIGION
• IN THE AFTERLIFE, PEOPLE WERE HAPPY, WELL FED AND
  BUSY WITH SAME ACTIVITIES THEY HAD ENJOYED IN LIFE

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LIFE AFTER DEATH

• DEAD DIDNT AUTOMATIC- ALY GO TO AFTERLIFE
• DEAD WENT TO UNDER-WORLD TO BE JUDGED BY OSIRIS
• PROCLAIMED INNOCENCE FROM SIN

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LIFE AFTER DEATH

• OSIRIS THEN WEIGHED HEART AGAINST A FEATHER (THE
  SYMBOL OF TRUTH)
• THOSE THAT FAILED, EATEN BY A MONSTER
• THOSE REWARDED? ENTER HAPPY FIELD OF FOOD

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PREPARATION FOR AFTERLIFE

• ELABORATE PRACTICES
• TOMBS HOUSES OF ETERN- ITY
• EGYPTIAN RULERS BUILT HUGE STRONG PYRAMIDS AS
  TOMBS

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PREPARATION FOR AFTERLIFE

• TOMBS FILLED WITH FOOD, TREASURES, AND EVEN
  FURNITURE THEY MIGHT NEED IN AFTERLIFE
• RECENT FINDS INDICATE EVEN THE POOR TOOK AFT-
  ERLIFE PREP SERIOUSLY

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MUMMIFICATION

• EGYPTIANS THOUGHT THEY NEEDED BODIES IN AFTERLIFE
• FIRST ONLY UPPER CLASS THEN LOWER CLASS

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WRITING SYSTEM

• RECORDS FOR RELIGIOUS RITUAL WRITING (LATER
  KNOWN AS HIEROGLYPHICS)
• STARTED AS PICTOGRAPHS
• IDEAS/ACTIONS MORE COMPLEX IDEOGRAMS

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WRITING SYSTEM

• SYMBOLS ADDED TO STAND FOR SOUNDS (ONLY CONSON-
  ANTS SOUNDS)
• FIRST CARVED ON WOOD LATER INKED ON PAPYRUS
  (ORIGIN OF PAPER)

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WRITING SYSTEM

• DURING INVASION, ROSETTA STONE FOUND
• JEAN CHAMPOLLION TRANSLATED