...Did you know that if the Pyramid of Giza was cut into 12 inch cubes, there'd be enough to circle the moon almost 3 times. I've heard many facts about ancient Egypt, but are they all facts? To answer that question, I researched about Egypt mythology, so their gods and goddesses, their kings, queens, pharaohs, mummification, and their beliefs of the afterlife. But let me his straight: the beginning of the ancient Egyptian era began about 5,000 years ago. (Around 3100 BCE) Egyptians were very religious, and they believed that everything in their lives depended on gods and goddesses. We know over 2,000 names of gods, but I'll only tell you about a few important ones. Egyptians believed that the god Ptah was the creator of earth. A very...
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...Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptian culture cannot be talked about without its pyramids and the mummification process because they are the greatest achievements of their civilization I believe. The Egyptian pyramids were not build in isolation, rather they are a part of a larger complex dedicated to the dead, in fact they are also known as the city of dead. The National Museum of Natural History exhibition focuses more on the mummification process than the pyramids but the entire exhibits makes this ancient Egyptian tradition more meaningful. The first chapter of the text talks about the mummification, and pyramids of Egypt, but touring the exhibit makes it more meaningful. The process also gave me a better understanding of the phrase “Egyptian mommies.” Touring the...
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...Pharaonic Civilization Civilization of the ancient Egyptians is the civilization that Egypt lived under the pharaohs with 30 different families. The pharaohs began ruling Egypt in 3000 B.C., they considered themselves to be living gods who ruled with absolute power ("Pharaohs," 2010). The ancient Egyptian excelled in building. They built pyramids as testimony of their greatness. Also, they left a significant cultural momentum in science, art of embalming and symbols for gods and goddesses they believed in. The Egyptian Pyramids The pharaohs believed that death on the earth was just the start of a journey to the next world, and all the evidence referred to that the pharaohs worked in their life preparing for the afterlife. As so, they built the pyramids to be their tombs, to keep their jewelries and their bodies to take it with them to the other life. Booth (2010) stated that "it was believed that if the discarded body were preserved, it would remain a focus for the spirit that had left it, exerting an attraction that pulled it down to earth" (para.1). Pyramids of El-Giza There are many pyramids have found in Egypt, but the most famous three are those which found in El-Giza, couple hundred meters south from Cairo. The three pyramids are Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. Khufu pyramid also known as the Great Pyramid is considered as the tallest pyramids and the oldest wonder of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Great Pyramid needs more than 10.000 laborers working in three-month...
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...Ancient Egyptian history encompasses the beliefs and rituals followed in Egypt for over three thousand years until the establishment of Coptic Christianity and Islam. The ancient Egyptians had a highly developed view of the afterlife. They considered death to be a stage to the next life. They followed elaborate set of burial rituals for preparing the body and soul for an eternal life after death. These beliefs about the afterlife were heavily focused on the preservation of the body, and this is why embalming and mummification was practiced, to preserve one’s identity in afterlife. The Egyptians celebrated a very sound relationship with the faith, and gods. All kings (pharaohs) were considered to be divine, a belief that had its roots in the myths that gods had ruled Egypt in prehistoric times and that the earliest human rulers were the actual offspring of these divine beings. The king (pharaoh) was an incarnation of Horus, son of Osiris (Mojsov, 2002 ). Therefore, when a pharaoh died, he could be prepared for death and become an "Osiris," the god of resurrection. The gods Osiris and Isis were exalted as the ideal father and mother, and Set (god of chaos) became the personification of evil. Thus they believed that one inherit many other elements from their divine progenitors than physical bodies. In their cosmology, each person was consisting of many elements. They had very complex concept of a soul: The precise meaning of ka, ba, ach (akh), `shm (sekhem), and so on is no...
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...Mummification Mummification started back around 2600 B.C., during the Fourth and Fifth Dynasties. The Ancient Egyptians believed that the body was the house for the soul. And that even after death, the spirit could only live if the body was preserved forever. If the body was lost, so was the spirit. “In Egyptian religion, the spirit was made up of three parts: the ka, the ba, and the akh. The ka remained in the burial tomb, using the offerings and objects placed within it. The ba was considered the soul of the person, and it was free to fly outside of the confines of the tomb. And it was the akh that traveled to the Underworld for judgment, and to gain entrance into the Afterlife” (Writer873.) mummification most likely started when bodies were buried in the sand on the outside of the villages. The heat and sand would draw the moisture from the bodies thus naturally preserving them. It was only after ancient Egyptians started building tombs did they have to find a way of preserving the bodies themselves. In the beginning only pharos and high priests were allowed to be mummified. It was believed that the Pharaoh would go into the heavens and join his father, the sun god. His family and high ranking officers could also attain...
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...EGYPT BEYOND THE PYRAMIDS PAGE 1 THE HISTORY CHANNEL CLASSROOM PRESENTS EGYPT TEACHER’S GUIDE Egypt Beyond The Pyramids The mystifying world of ancient Egypt comes to life in this four-part miniseries, Egypt Beyond the Pyramids. Within the walls of recently excavated temples and tombs lie secrets that will challenge current ideas about ancient Egypt. Discoveries—from the enormous burial tomb called KV5 to the sacred temples of Karnak—show how ancient Egyptians lived, worked, worshipped, and honored their dead. To provide a deeper understanding of Egypt’s past, head archaeologist Dr. Kent Weeks, along with other Egyptologists, leads viewers into ancient temples and tombs—including the resting place of Pharaoh Ramesses II’s lost children—some recorded on film for the first time. Epic in scope, Egypt Beyond the Pyramids demonstrates that as archaeologists uncover more about the past, their discoveries yield more questions than answers. Curriculum Links Egypt Beyond the Pyramids is appropriate for middle and high school classes in world history, ancient history, and art history. National History Standards Egypt Beyond the Pyramids fulfills the following National Standards for History: Historical Thinking 1 (Chronological Thinking), 2 (Historical Comprehension), 3 (Historical Analysis and Interpretation), 4 (Historical Research Capabilities), World History, Era 2. EGYPT BEYOND THE PYRAMIDS THE HISTORY CHANNEL CLASSROOM PRESENTS EGYPT HOUR 1: MANSIONS OF THE SPIRITS ...
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...dead corpse or we known it as Mummy. C. Significance : When 3000BC or likely 3th century BC, Human being know how to make a mummification with a simple way without using a technology or lot of chemical things. not only Egyptian know how to do it. Some people around the world know how to do that. Like China. D. Review : first, I’ll tell you the meaning of mummy and where the word of mummy come from. Then, I’ll explain to you how to keep the body shape of mummy. After that the process of mummification and also the type of mummification. And the last I’ll show you some picture of mummy around the world. II . Body A. Let’s begin by discussing what is mummy. 1. The Mummy word is come from medival latin. It is mumia 2. A dried dead body but still have a body shape. Then it will remain a husk of person who looks like in life. B. There are some way how to still keep the body shape 1. Make the body dried first. 2. Embalmed with a chemical to avoid the bacteria C. Now I’ll inform you how to dried the dead body of Mummy and where it was preserved 1. There are three natural ways to dried the mummy 2. Sometimes this natural thing occurs unexpectedly to become a mummy 3. The mummies sometimes preserved in snow,bogs, and mud D. After dried the mummy, now I’ll explain to you the process of mummification. 1. Embalmers used oil,perfume, or salts (Natron that dried out and preserved more flesh than bone) to remove moisture from the...
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...unknown, it is still quite clear that art played a big role in the religion of ancient Egypt. Whether it be through wall monuments, the Book of the Dead, the mummification process or something else, these two things are closely related to each other. The religion in ancient Egypt was closely centered around the different gods and the afterlife, and art reflected this. Ancient Egyptians associated many different traits that animals had with attributes of the gods, which lead to them being depicted with the heads of animals. The gods were shown in all types of artwork, a common one being narrative art, which told a story often honouring the achievements of someone. The style of art in Egypt was also created to appease the gods. People were drawn in both side and front perspectives at the same time to show the gods the most of their bodies that they could, and pharaohs and gods were also much larger than other figures to highlight their significance....
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...shown in the movie. The Mummy tells the story about a priest named Imhotep, who had an affair with the Pharaoh’s mistress and killed the Pharaoh, and as punishment for his deeds he was mummified alive and cursed for all eternity in Hamunaptra, the city of the dead. Thousands of years pass, and in the 1920’s a soldier of the French Foreign Legion named Rick O’Connell meets a librarian and aspiring Egyptologist named Evelyn, and joins her and her brother on a quest to find Hamunaptra, a lost Ancient Egyptian city which is said to have numerous amounts of hidden treasure. Instead of finding treasure though, they accidently reawaken the mummy of Imhotep, who if brought back to life, will “arise a walking disease”, unleash the ten plagues of Egypt, become invincible, and cause mass destruction. First, I will highlight the historical inaccuracies of the characters shown in this movie. The main villain in The Mummy is Imhotep. In the beginning of the movie, Imhotep is shown to be the High Priest under the rule of Pharaoh Seti I. In actuality, Imhotep was an Egyptian polymath who served under the Third Dynasty Pharaoh Djoser as a chancellor and as the high priest of the sun god Ra. Imhotep was...
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...The Ancient Egyptians view of the underworld was very unique and different, especially when compared to the beliefs of modern day religions. The myth “The Death of Osiris” played a major role in their faith in a continued existence after death, their complex funeral rites, and their desire for immortality. This influenced their everyday life and was a prominent role in their myth, religion and culture. The Osiris myth is arguably one of the most well known Egyptian myths to this day. This myth revolves primarily on the death and rebirth Osiris. It shows his transcendence from the primeval king of Egypt to the king of the dead, Osiris. The myth of Osiris is the most influential myth in Ancient Egyptian times due to the significance of Osiris’...
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...developed into rock-cut pyramids. The Pyramids of Giza, which were giant stone-cut structures, constructed from limestone, and are the most popular and evident example of pyramid tombs built during the Old Kingdom. With pyramids as massive as these it’s only fitting that they were constructed for the kings. Tombs were created out of permanent materials and the interior walls of the tombs show decoration of scenes portraying everyday life as an Egyptian along with funerary rituals. The Egyptians preserved the bodies they kept in the tombs in a process they called mummification, it was done in a variety of stages like removing all internal organs, they were able to wrap the whole body in special linen and lastly they would bury the mummy in a stone or wooden coffin. First evidence of these intentional mummifications in Egypt is dated back to roughly around 3500 B.C. Egyptians would slowly improve on the process of mummification however it was not perfected until the New Kingdom. Egyptians in general were buried with goods that were found as essentials after death. Items...
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...This practice was done because it was believed that the body was home to the spirits, the ka, ba, and akh, that they had to preserve the body from desiccation, in order for use in the afterlife. Mummification was a long process that lasted up to 70 days, beginning with the body being delivered to the embalmer and he would put on a mask of a jackal, representing the mummification god, Anubis. A few steps to the lengthy process would be by washing the body, removing the organs and placing them in canopic jars, drying the body and organs with natron, and wrapping the body in linen. However, this process was long and expensive that it was reserved for the royalty and nobility. In summary, mummification was one of the many elaborate rituals that enabled the Egyptians to express their views on death and was what allowed them to prepare for the afterlife, which was believed to be the transition of the beginning to a new...
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...was able to have some form of one to go to the afterlife. Even the mourning was dramatic according to Herodotus (413 BCE), they would plaster their faces in mud, leave the dead with relatives and then wear a girdle while beating themselves on the chest. Mourning was sorrowful but it was to hope the dead would find eternal bliss. Mummification was practiced around 3500 BCE, because they had believed that the dead needed a body to go onto the afterlife in. According to Mark, "The soul was thought to consist of nine separate parts: the Khat was the physical body; the Ka one’s double-form; the Ba a human-headed bird aspect which could speed between earth and the heavens; Shuyet was the shadow self; Akh the immortal, transformed self, Sahuand Sechem aspects of the Akh; Ab was the heart, the source of good and evil; Ren was one’s secret name." Because of these nine parts, they lead to the reasoning behind why they needed to preserve the body. Also during this time it should that Egypt had created a complex form of the soul for their time. But their wealth decided their mummification process. They also decided what the body would be put in to. The first process was the most expensive for when the body was laid on a table with the brain removed with an iron hook. Then the body is opened up with a flint knife and the contents are removed and then the cavity is cleaned out. If something is not reachable they would wash out the body with drugs. To clean the body they would first use a wine...
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...By:Gage Tomlin What did the people of Egypt believe in and how did they grow up? The people of Egypt are polytheistic and believe that there is an after life. Egyptians think that the pharaoh is a living god. The pharaohs of Egypt last for long periods of time which is called a dynasty there were many dynasties in Egypt. The Egyptians preserve the dead bodies when people die but first they have to take all of the intestines and brains and put them in jars. They wrap the dead bodies in a tough fabric material and it is called mummification. They have tombs which are like under ground safes where they put the dead bodies after they have done the whole process. In modern time we would just put the body in a coffin and most of the time bury them by there stone. In modern time we sometimes embalm people which preserves the body until the funeral....
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...Looking at the National Geographic interactive viewing of King Tuts tomb and mummy, I found myself learning more about the Egyptian afterlife and mummification than I would ever have if it had just been reading an article. By being able to see each individual wall of the tomb and have it explained I was surprised by all the artwork found on the tomb and all of the information it contained. I also learned about how many boxes the mummy was held in and how each individual one was different and special in its own way. Next the interaction took me through the King’s actual mummy. I was surprised to learn about all the different injuries the King’s body had sustained. Also, it was fascinating to listen to different historians argue about if each...
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