Ancient Egypt Culture

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Ancient Egypt Culture

• Notes 3- Unit 3

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Writing

• See Link http//www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/e
  gypt/egypttutor/

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Writing was called Hieroglyphics

• Different letters combine to make the stories
• We couldnt read hieroglyphics until the Rosetta
  Stone Discovery

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The Nile

• People depended on the Nile to live
• It provided food (fish)
• It flooded once a year to help fertilize the land

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After Life

• Ancient Egyptians believed that after death a
  judge would ask them three questions before
  admitting them to eternal life. They would have
  to swear that they had not murdered, robbed, or
  built a dam during their time on earth.

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Jobs

• most of Egypts adult population spent some time
  farming
• Scribes measured the harvest and recorded it on
  their tablets. A surveyor measured the field with
  a measuring rope in order to calculate the
  quantity of grain owed as taxes

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Cats

• The cat in ancient Egypt, or miw (to see), was a
  sacred and respected beast.
• if a human killed a feline, either intentionally
  or unintentionally, that human was sentenced to
  death.

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Gods and Goddesses
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Amen (Amon)  

• He is known as Lord of Creation and Protector of
  the Poor and Weak. His name means The Hidden
  One. He is considered the father of all gods
  thus he does not have a mother or father but is
  husband to. Egyptians represent him in art and
  statue as man or the sun.

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Bastet

•  The Egyptian cat-headed goddess, Bastet was
  strictly a solar deity until the arrival of Greek
  influence on Egyptian society, when she became a
  lunar goddess due to the Greeks associating her
  with their Artemis. the title of an "avenger" god
  who is sent out specifically to lay waste to the
  enemies of Egypt and her gods..

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Horus (Heru, Haroeris, Harpocrates)

•  Horus is the son of Isis and Osiris. When Osiris
  was killed by Set, Horus set out to avenge him.
  He is the god of the living and lord of the
  heavens. His name means He who is above. Horus
  is represented as a falcon or hawk-headed deity
  because of his status as god of the sky and
  horizon.

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Osiris

• Osiris symbolized in his death the yearly drought
  and in his miraculous rebirth the periodic
  flooding of the Nile and the growth of grain. He
  was a god-king who was believed to have given
  Egypt civilization.

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Ra (Re)

•  Another deity represented in human form with the
  head of a falcon, like Horus. Ra, like Amen, is
  also thought to be a god of creation. Ra is also
  known as the father of kings and the most
  important gods. Followers of Ra believe that life
  on earth was created from the tears of Ra as he
  wept at the beauty of mankind and his creation.
  He is considered a living god during the day and
  a dead one at night. He is born at dawn as a
  small child, an adult in prime at midday and an
  old man at sunset. He dies at dark and is reborn
  again at next dawn.

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Seth

•  Seth was the god of wind and storms and ruler of
  the deserts. He is seen as the one who brings
  chaos to Egypt and is the enemy of Osiris and
  Horus..