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Ancient Egypt Research Paper

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Out of all the countries in Africa, Egypt is one of the countries that stands out the most because of its cultural significance. Egypt has been around for about 30 centuries and it was one of the most prominent civilization in the Mediterranean world. Ancient Egypt also being one of the earliest civilizations, greatly influenced later cultures in Africa. The culture of Egypt has been labeled as “enigmatic” because of its rich ideas of how they pursue their cultural preferences. Throughout the years, Egypt has spread its cultural propensity and values through the development of cultural appearance, religion, and art. The physical appearance of Egyptians is rich and tasteful. They have an elegance of how they dress, wear their hair, makeup …show more content…

The Egyptian religion was based off of the worship of many deities, therefore worshiping to as many as 2,000 gods and goddesses. Majority of these gods and goddesses were depicted as half animal and half human. Local areas in Egypt worshiped local gods, and if someone in higher power came along they would worship their leader along with their local gods. Some popular gods within the Egyptian religion would be Osiris who is the chief god of the afterlife and dead. The skin color of Osiris has been pictured as green or black representing various aspects of vegetation and fertile earth. There is also Ra, he is the sun god and one of the most worshiped ancient Egyptian deities. He is associated with the resurrection of pharaohs along with pyramid building, he is also one of the gods that is said to have been half human half animal. Ra was portrayed as a god with a falcon head and a human body, while also wearing a solar disc on top of his head. Temples were considered a home for the gods, each city has a temple for that god in that particular city. Within the temples there were the priests, and they were in charge of taking care of the gods, teaching school, in charge of funerals and being a personal therapist for those who need …show more content…

They also believed that after someone dies, they have three souls called the “ka” the “ba” and the “akh”, these souls and their belief in life after death gave them strength during funerals. Music and dancing was a very sacred practice for Egyptians since it was an important part of their celebrations and rituals. The most common instruments used by the Egyptians were sistrums, they were made out of wood and ceramic while having a y-shape figure, the sound was very similar to our modern day tambourine. Drums were one of the most popular instruments played by military musicians. Dancing represented the joy of life, which meant that they danced very often for almost every occasion. Movements such as stomping and clapping were often used to keep the demons away and the atmosphere pure. Throughout the years, it has never been shown that men and women danced together but it has been depicted that the mostly females danced with one another rather than separately or with

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