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The Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods and goddesses. Each one was responsible for a different aspect of daily life. Now give some examples.
-Ra god of sun.
-Geb god of earth.
-Nut wife of Geb.
-Shu god of air.
-Osiris god of farming and judging.
-Isis goddess of magic.
-Set god of the desert, storms and evil.
-Nephthys river goddess. Horus-son of isis and osiris
-Bast goddess of cats
-Sobek god of crocodiles
-Serqet goddess of scorpions
-Anubis god of funerals
-Bes god of dwarves
-Khonsu god of moon
-Nekhbet goddess of vultures
-Babi god of wild baboons
-Tawaret goddess of hippos
Many gods were associated with natural forces. Now give some examples.
Geb god of earth. Shu God of air.
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What did they do each day?
Priests played an important role in ancient Egypt. The priesthood was responsible for ensuring the earth and heavens remained as the gods created them. Priests accomplished this through a series of rituals they performed each day in the temple. These rituals included
Buried people with possessions.
Upon death, most ancient Egyptians would have received a fairly simple burial - likely in a shallow grave in the desert, some stones placed on top of them to protect their bodies from scavenging animal with a few possessions accompanying them - and that was was that. Their bodies may have been cleaned and wrapped in cloth, but anything more expensive, time-consuming and elaborate would have been unlikely.
Wealthier Egyptians could afford to be buried with jewelry, furniture, and other valuables, which made them targets of tomb robbers. In the early Dynastic Period, tombs were filled with daily life objects, such as furniture, jewelry and other valuables. They also contained many pottery and stone vessels.
Mummification – why was it done and give some detail about the
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All the good deeds and bad deeds performed by the individual would then be placed on these scales and then he would be judged according to their criterion, which was the Ma’at. Ma’at was considered to be the goddess of justice and was symbolized by a feather. Depending upon which scales were heavy the soul would be made to proceed to its final destination. Those souls whose scales of good had outweighed their scales of bad would be granted permission to enter the blissful afterlife. On the other hand those whose scales of bad deeds were heavy would be handed over to the Devourer of the Dead, which was the Egyptian equivalent of