Religion: The Role Of Mummification In South And Upper Egypt

The Mummy Case of Paankhenamun was composed of a substance known as cartonnage, which was usually made out of linen or papyrus strips bound together with a sticky substance in order to form a flexible shell. After mummification, the wrapped body was placed in the coffin-case through the back, which was then laced up and a footboard was added for support. Only then the case was ready to be painted. Such cartonnage cases as the case of Paankhenamun were normally placed inside one or more layered wooden coffins and were also decorated. The innermost coffin was always in the shape of the mummy and due to its utmost importance, it was the case with the richest decorations. The amazing detail is still a wonder to many historians and anthropologists (Stockstad 120-3).

He ruled either the upper half or lower half of egypt. The pharaoh was very powerful. Pharaohs were considered as gods! The pharaohs were a big part of government in egypt. Different crowns represent what the pharaoh rules.

Ancient Egypt's history is divided into three periods of time, The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom. The Old Kingdom was established at about 2575 B.C and ended around 2130 B.C.. The Old Kingdom lasted about four hundred and forty-five years. Approximately one hundred and ninety-two years later, the Middle Kingdom was established. The Middle Kingdom was created around 1938 B.C. and ended at 1630 B.C..

The Egyptians had a very strong religion. The characteristics of the Ancient Egyptian religion can be divided into five elements of authority, faith, rituals, moral code, and the gods worshipped. The main authority of the Egyptian religion was the Pharaoh, he had divine right over the people and was considered a god. Also, he could change the religion any way he wanted. Religion in Egypt played a very significant role.

Before Egypt was ruled over by Rome, it was a major religious and political center. The Pharaohs ruled over Egypt was a strong fist, and acted benevolently towards their people, as they were seen as protectors of the natural order. This is due to the fact that Egyptian politics is intertwined with religion. Egyptian religion was much more complex than any other belief system in the surrounding area. This is due to the idea that separate interpretations of religion do not contradict each other, but instead are both accepted equally among members of the society.

Location of Egypt was west of the nile and was hot and didn’t have a lot of water. Lived in a desert climate closest to the sahara desert. Egypts government is a beaucracy a system of government that includes departments and levels of authority. A pharaoh was a king and was thought to be one of the gods but also human. Power passes from father to son, remains in the family. Farming and trading were the most important parts of there economy but they also conquered other peoples.

Regardless of these questions and theories of the ancient civilization of Egypt, with every end comes an origin. From 3,000 B.C.E, until now, Egypt’s geographical composition is very much similar. Although most of Egypt was covered by desert, along the Nile river lay a swath of fertile ground. This deposit of fertile ground provided and continues to provide a life source for countless Egyptians. “In ancient times, crops could only be grown only a narrow, 12 miles stretch of land that borders the river.”

Egyptian Mummification Process Emilio Hernandez Lamar High School Process Abstract The ancient Egyptians were preserving they’re since the beginning of their civilization. Many of their dead that weren’t put through the embalming process were still well preserved due to the hot sand and heat of the Egyptian desert (Discovering Ancient Egypt hieroglyphs pharaohs pyramids). In the Egyptian religion was the first person to ever be mummified was the god Osiris.

Ancient Egyptians are one of the most fascinated time period, which they experience some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, religion, and central government. If I could go back in time, it would be when the Ancient Egyptian began. The Ancient Egyptian started around 3100 B.C.E (Before Common Era). I want to learn their lifestyle, their religion and of course their mummification. Its amazing how even back in the Ancients Egyptians time they had makeup, but it wasn’t just women who wore makeup, men also whore makeup.

The shrine of Tutankhamun uncovers the burial customs of the New Kingdom Egyptians. The Canopic Shrine positioned on the east wall of the Treasury holds Tutankhamun's embalmed internal organs. A gold chest held four Canopic jars containing the dead pharaoh's internal organs in each jar. Undoubtedly, through the process of mummification, the embalmers must have removed the internal organs and preserved them in the Canopic jars, perhaps to be taken with the pharaoh to the next world. The third and innermost of three coffins of Tutankhamun is made of solid gold and is inset with semiprecious stones and coloured glass. It is covered with carved decorations and inscriptions inside and outside. It bears the names and epitaph of the deceased king and also protective texts. From this we discover the significance of the importance of the decoration of the mummy was, and the power the coffin was believed to hold. Originally, mummification was so expensive that it was a privilege enjoyed only by the Pharaoh and few nobles. Everybody else was given a simple grave burial in one of the vast cemeteries or "necropolises" of the time. But the promise of eternal life was so appealing that it wasn't long before other classes of Egyptians began signing up for mummification, too.

But the ka required a body to inhabit, which was a carved statue of the deceased or the actual corpse preserved by mummification. Mummification was developed to make sure the ka gets a body to live after death. To process the mummification,

The inventory taken when Tutankhamun’s tomb was excavated in the 1920s records numerous items for use in day-to-day life, including sandals, jewelry, robes and bows and arrows. In the pyramids of the New Kingdom, the walls of the chambers where the objects were stored were decorated with scenes showing the journey of the pharaoh’s soul to the afterlife and his meeting various deities. Mummification Once the pharaoh died, his body would be preserved by mummification, a process so expensive that only the wealthiest in Egyptian society could afford it.

The Egyptians believed in life after death. They thought that the soul of the deceased was traveling to the beyond where he met Osiris the god of death. That is why when he died, his body went through a process called mummification. But only the richest Egyptians could commission their mummification, for it was a very costly and lengthy process, lasting more than seven months and taking place two or three days after his death. The body was taken to the embalmers, who worked on the banks of the Nile, because water was needed in abundance.

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This last object in the museum allows for the knowledge of history because it allows the visitors in the museum to visualize the mummification of the death and the beliefs of afterlife in the ancient Egypt. The placement of this object at the end of the museum signifies the end for the visitors and also the way death was perceived and treatments. The desire to mummify bodies for the afterlife led to advance and modern medical science such as surgery and knowledge of human anatomy. Ancient Egyptians believed that when the king died, part of his spirit called ka remained with the body. The proper care of the spirit, the corpse was preserved and everything the king would need in the journey of afterlife were buried with him, even to include