Religion : The End Of Religion In Ancient Egypt

The Egyptians made their clothing from plant fibers, linen, and sometimes cotton. Because of the hot and sunny climate in Egypt, people had to wear thin lightweight clothes. The ancient Egyptians loved all forms of jewelry

The Ancient Egyptians government would be compared to as a kind of monarchy. Their King was called the Pharaoh and everyone in the civilization listened to everything that he said. Every Law and Business transaction went through this man. In our day we have only one leader but thousands of others that decide the laws of our country. We also have a vice president in America, if I had to pick a person to be the vice president of a Pharaoh in Egypt it would be the man called the vizier's. He was also well respected in the community and mostly was involved in the business aspect of the Pharaoh's job. The people of the Egyptian community really had no influence in the pharaoh's decisions, unlike America where we vote on all of our government officials. We also have people that don't allow our president to gain too much power, Unlike the Egyptians, where the Pharaoh had all the power in the community.

Egypt was a very religious place! They believed in more than one God and that the Gods protected and provided for them. "Gods" brought the Nile for Egyptians to use. Egyptians believe that Ra, "the sun god" protected them and the Nile.

During ancient Egypt, civilization was brought about because the people picked a ruler, or king. “Two of the most important sources of life for the ancient Egyptians were the Nile River and the Pharaoh” (William). At the time, society was very hierarchical; the society was divided into two groups: the privileged people and the majority. The king kept control and managed everything ranging from politics to religion.

Religion in ancient Egyptian times was a very complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals performed in ancient Egyptian society. This centers on the Egyptian interaction with many deities (deities means supernatural figures or Gods) who the people of ancient Egypt believed to be present in and in control of, the forces and elements of nature. The practices performed in Egyptian religion were efforts to provide for the gods and gain there favor.

Egypt is located in the northeast corner of Africa and southeast Asia. It is also near the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and the Nile River. Egypt was polytheistic which means the believed in many gods. The Egyptians believed in afterlife so when someone died they believed that they would come back as a new spirit, that is why they would bury them with all of their valuables so the could have them in the next life. When someone died they would mummify them by extracting the brains through the nostrils and then remove the internal organs. Then they would fill the body cavity with liner made of drying powder and sprinkled spices on the body. After that they would wrap the body with strips of liner, this process usually took months to complete.

The people of ancient Egypt worshiped and made sacrifices to the gods because religion was the basis for the government and they all had polytheistic beliefs. The people worked for the pharaoh because since he was considered a reincarnation of a god, they believed that if they pleased the pharaoh then he would take them

The Pharaoh was their leader. Under the Pharaoh was the Vizier. The first and most famous Vizier was Imhotep. Under the Vizier were the Nomarks. The Nomarks were local governors. An ordinary person did not have much power in the government. The Pharaoh’s wives were the second most powerful authority. Like adults do in America today, citizens paid taxes. The army commander, chief treasurer, and the minister of public works reported to the Pharaoh. They all had different powers and responsibilities, but the Pharaoh had final say. A son or a relative would take the place of the Pharaoh if the Pharaoh died. A young prince was most likely trained to become a Pharaoh. Government was important in Egypt and it helped produce the idea that ancient Egypt was an advanced civilization.

Ancient Egyptian religion belief in or worship of more than one god and rituals. They devoted their time and effort on wealth for survival in the next world because the Egyptians stressed on an afterlife. After they stressed the survival of their souls after death with providing grave goods, tombs, and offerings to the bodies and they own spirits. The Egyptian religious art was influenced by many factors but the main reason was to provide company to the deceased in the other world. They stressed that the afterlife was everything and need to prepare for it. It included detailed work of human beings, nature, and certain life they were living.

Religion played a big part in the lives of the Ancient Egyptians. They believed in a wide variety of gods and goddesses. These gods could take different forms, usually as animals. The pharaoh couldn't be at all of the temples at once so he hired some priests to do the praying for him and run the

The ancient Egyptian government depended on the pharaoh and the agriculture to make decisions and fund the economy. Egyptians were to pay taxes to the government in the form of crops, livestock or jewellery- in return, the government maintained peace in the land, saved grains, from the farmers in case of famine and conducted public works to aid the workers.

Hello King Hammurabi, after my long journey I have many wonderful things to tell you about Egypt. First, the Nile River. The Nile River is the longest river in the world. It stretches 4,000 miles long! It provided water for cooking and bathing, fish, waterfowl, and also had many wild vegetables that grew alongside it. Wild life would come and go around the Nile and sometimes birds would leave their eggs that the people in Egypt could eat. The Nile also provides a really important plant called papyrus that the Egyptians made almost everything out of. The Nile River was also used for transportation to get from port to port so they could trade goods. That is why the Nile River was so great and important to the Egyptians.

There are many skills and jobs in ancient egypt for example Bakers, scribes, priests, noblemen, soldiers, farmers, and merchants. These are the most important jobs in ancient egypt. Most of the Ancient Egyptians were farmers. They grew barley to make bear and the farmers use flax to make it into linen and more. The farmers grew their crops close to the banks of the nile river where the rich soil is good for crops. Another job is craftspeople. There were wide varieties of craftsmen jobs such as carpenters, weavers, jewelers, leather workers, and potters. The women had jobs also. The women work as: Grinding Girl, Supervisor of the Cloth, Supervisor of the Wig Workshop, Treasurer, Steward, Composer, Songstress, Prostitute, Weaver, Dancer, Musician, Mourner, Priestess, Supervisor of the Dancers of the King, and Supervisor of the Royal

The ancient Egyptian government was very advanced in many ways. One of the ways they ruled their land was with their pharaoh. The pharaoh ruled most of the land but he needed help from his large hierarchy. The pharaoh’s first class helper was the vizier. The vizier did many things to help the pharaoh but he mostly just overviewed the land with his nomarks to make sure the laws were being followed. The vizier had nomarks who were the ones that really went around the cities. In Egypt, the cities were actually called nomes and the nomarks were like the governor Their main job was to check on all the people and bring back information to the vizier who then gives the information to the pharaoh. One thing the pharaoh does for Egypt is he decides what the laws are, he runs the government, and he also controls what religion everybody had to follow. Although the Egyptians didn’t have too many complex laws, they mostly just used common sense like if somebody killed someone else, the murderer would be seized.

Religion and daily worship was a big part of ancient Egyptian people’s lives and so were curses and omens. Many rituals were performed every day and consisted of praying and worshipping the gods. Everybody was entitled to be a part of the rituals; however common people and wealthier people, for example Pharaohs, had different roles in it. Praying was one way to take care of the spiritual health, but people also practiced religion by taking part of many events, and gave offerings to the gods to prevent chaos and to keep the gods happy. Many of the rituals were performed or honored by the Pharaoh and his priests, like the festival of Opet. In some rituals common people could not participate.