Gods Part1 |
| Gods have played a very significant role in all the civilization. From time immorial our ancestors have prayed to elements of nature like water sun air etc. The Gods play a very important role in the Egyptian civilization. The Egyptian lived in continuous fear evil spirits and displeasure of Gods. They had round 2,000 Gods some them were state Gods and Gods who looked after the daily things of life and Gods who looked after under-world, they also had some minor Gods.  A very unique feature of the Egyptian Gods is that they have the face of a human and body of an animal. Every part of life was covered by these Gods from happiness to fertility to digestion to partying to beer. A very interesting feature of Egyptian Gods is that they had human forms and lived life like the ancient Egyptian like them they fell in love married and had children; as a result the common people could identify themselves with the Gods. According to Egyptian mythology first there was Nun it was the dark water of chaos. Then arose the Ben-Ben the hill, the pyramids are of the shape of this hill. On this hill stood Atum the first God he created himself. Then he spat out Shu the God of air and Tefnut the god of moisture. They then married and had two children Geb the God of earth and Nut the Goddesses of sky. They then had four children Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephthys. Osiris was the king and Isis was the queen. However Seth was jealous of Osiris and he killed him, and he started to rule. But Isis and Osiris had a son called Horous. He fought and killed Seth and thus took revenge. He then ruled the world and Osiris became the king of the underworld. THE FAMOUS GODS: Aker (Akeru, Akerui): He is the double lion god. He is depicted as two lion sitting back to back with sky between them. The Egyptian believed that Aker, an earth-god, guarded the gates of dawn and sunset through which the sun rose every morning and set every evening. Ammut (Ammit, Ahemait): She is the dead devourer. She is depicted with the head of a crocodile, the forequarters of a lion, and the hindquarters of a hippopotamus. She witnessed the judgment of the dead in the "Hall of the Two Truths," Maaty. if the souls did not pass the judgement of Orisis the king underworld God the Ammut ate the soul and put it to eternal sleep. Amon (Amen, Amun, Ammon, Amoun): He is the hidden one. His symbol is bull, ram, goose. Amon was depicted as a man seated on a throne holding an ankh in one hand and a sceptre in the other. Amon was also depicted with the head of a cobra or frog. He could also appear as an ape or as a crouching lion. Amon was a creation-god. Amon gained popularity after the 12 dynasty when Thebes became the king. Aten: He is the Lord of All. His symbol is : sun disk, heat and sunlight. Aten was depicted as a sun-disk with rays falling upon the Earth. At the end of each ray was a hand that extended the ankh to the pharaoh. The god of the sun, Aten was also called the creator of man. As the sun-god, Aten was born again each day. Like the sun, Aten nurtured the Earth and, according to the Book of the Dead, the deceased even called on him to nurture the living with his rays. |
| Money & Coins | Recreation Part 1 | Trading of Goods |
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| Music in Ancient Egypt | Religion Part 2 | Viziers Ranking |
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| Obelisks Designs | Life of Slaves & Slavery | Status of Women |
| Paintings Style, Colours | Social Classes in Ancient Egypt | British Museum and Ancient Egypt |
| Papyrus Invention | Soldiers in the Army | Burial Tombs In Ancient Egypt |
| Pharaohs Dynasties | Sphinxes - majestic monuments | Concept of Afterlife |
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| Priests' Role | Famous Statues | Common Food and Drink |
| Process Of Embalming | Symbols and Meanings | King Tutankhamun of Egypt |
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| Queens Part 1: Cleopatra | Technology Advancements | The Pyramids of Ancient Egypt |
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