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    Essay #4: Today is 2 days after my archeological endeavor and I am writing this to you having time to speculate and think about everything I saw. When first arriving on the site I looked at a vast field of multiple different sites and structures. Taking a walk around the site really helped me gather in everything and get a quick look at everything going around and realize that the bugs were so bad I felt like I was really in accident Egypt. At first glance I saw many symbols used to comemerate the

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    Egyptian Project: Religion Have you ever wondered about Egyptian religion? Well, today I’m going to inform you all about it. Did you know that some amulets are worn by both the deceased and living people? The research I did led me to find well-known gods, some amulets/charms, and what they represent. Some amulets and charms include: The Eye of Horus, The Four Sons of Horus, and The Girdle of Isis. Some gods and goddesses are: Osiris, Isis, Horus, Seth, and Ra. I hope you enthusiastically

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    Mesopotamia and Egypt. Great rivers play a very crucial role in the development of these civilizations. Egypt was developed in the long narrow strip of river of Nile. These rivers provide two advantages to an emerging civilization. First, they are the source and the main provider of water for field irrigation, and second, the river is the easiest transportation method with the absence of paved road. The greatest contribution of the Mesopotamia civilization is that people discovered the ways of agriculture

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    the sacred Egyptian language to legitimize the deification of Ptolemy V. It is reasonable that the dominating Egyptian culture would substantially change how the Ptolemies administrated Egypt since the Hellenistic kingdom was far from the Greek homeland and not as susceptible to its influences. The traditions of Egypt were so central to the identity of the native population that it spanned across economic, political, and social systems of life, making it non-feasible to enact radical policy changes

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    Supporting evidence for second main idea:Early Egyptians learned to make small boats out of the papyrus plant.They were easy to build and were good for going fishing.Most papyrus boats were small and stirred with oars and poles. b. Supporting evidence for second main idea: All egyptians were makeup ,even men were it.They made dark eye makeup called kohl from soot and more minerals. The make up was a fashion statement

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    What makes mummification process so interesting is how detailed and precise it is. In Ancient Egypt, mummies had to be buried in Egypt in order to have an afterlife. Ancient Egyptians had these three laws that they followed, which were; Ma’at, don’t kill or hurt another Egyptian, and must be buried in Egypt. If an Egyptian didn’t obey the last two laws then they wont be given an afterlife. The place where king

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    important topic for Egyptians. Anyone and everyone in Egypt took it seriously because they believed that it was an important chapter is one’s life. Although death was an upsetting time, Egyptians still wanted to make death a time of celebration by decorating the tombs and leaving gifts. They go through a long process of preparation for the dead because it shows that they still care. Egyptians believed that death was just as important as life, so they tried to make it special. Egyptians used mummification

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    was a huge part of Ancient Egypt. Religion helped the Egyptians live their daily lives without worrying, in many ways too. There are many things to know about the Egyptians religion. One thing is that Egyptian religion did not worship one belief or one god. Egyptians worshiped one god - they were polytheists. Another very important fact was that in the Egyptian culture, the burial process and the afterlife were extremely important to the Egyptians. In fact, they had several important gods whose duties

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    a boring book can be hard. After reading both the Greek myth and the Egyptian myth, the Egyptian myth was a better story. Because it is more entertaining, the characters are more relatable, and the word choice was better in the Egyptian story. The Egyptian myth is more entertaining than the Greek myth, because of humor. For example, in the Greek myth, really the only thing that was funny in it were the animals. In the Egyptian myth, there were multiple funny jokes, like how Ra put his golden eye

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    The Egyptians also believed in the afterlife, which means they believed they live as they were on earth in the afterlife. Ancient Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was one of the gods. They also believed in mummification, which was the preservation of the corps for burial. In Ancient times you were wrapped in animal skins

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