How Did The Pharaohs Affect The Image Of Egyptian Society

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Introduction
Ra the king of kings the most powerful god in all of egypt and the creator of all of the world, was used as an image of power and strength for the ruling class in new kingdom egyptian society. He was claimed to be the father of all the pharaohs and the protector of the world. Ra was said to create himself from the primordial chaos Nun which contained all things to come. He fathered Shu and Tefnut , Shu the god of air and tefnut the goddess of moisture. Then the two siblings shu and tefnut gave birth to geb the god of the earth and nut the goddess of the sky. Ra is depicted as wearing a sun disk and is generally depicted as a falcon. Ra is seen a being the epicenter of all egyptian society and many tombs in the valley of the …show more content…

In ancient times the pharaoh was seen as the king and the religious leader. The pharaoh was the high priest of every temple in egypt. As the most revered person in all of egypt the pharaoh started to take the mantle of a god and was the mediator between the people and the gods. This allowed the pharaoh to be revered and respected by his people as they were a manifestation of a god on earth. This allowed them to do very little wrong in the eyes of the everyone. One of the chief roles of the pharaoh was the high priest of all the temples which allowed him to show his role as a living god to everyone. The pharaohs divine role would make him in charge of everything and allow him to have almost unlimited abilities but if Nile did not flood and famine striked or disease spread then the people would be angered and scared and they would return the favour on the Pharaoh. The pharaoh was seen as the divine father of the people and this was represented by showing the Pharaoh holding the crook and flail. The crook represented the divine leadership that the pharaoh would lead his people to better times and places and the flail represents the role of the Pharaoh protecting his people as well as possibly representing him always providing for them. This allowed the pharaoh to maintain his image of being the protector and provider of the people and it allowed him to show his people that he was still all