things for themselves and one of their greatest discoveries were the mysteries of ancient Egypt. Egypt had been one of the greatest empires before powerful foreign countries had attacked it, but before that, they made extraordinary buildings, treasures, and inventions. There were times when Egypt seems to be failing but overall it flourished for a long period of time. Some of the things humans discovered about Egypt was the mighty Queen Hatshepsut, the mummies and how they were made, the pyramids and
and high priest of all the temples. The people of Egypt considered the pharaohs to be a half-man, half-god. The pharaohs had their own pyramids. The word pharaoh means “Great House” in Egypt. “The Ancient Egyptians didn’t refer to their kings as Pharaohs. The word Pharaoh comes from the language of Greek and was used by the Greeks and Hebrews to refer to the Kings of Egypt”. Today, we also use the word Pharaoh when referring to the kings of Egypt. Even
art ranging from sculpture, tomb paintings, literature, sarcophaguses, and even pyramids. Ancient Egyptians used religion as their muse to create pieces of art that were used to honor their pharaohs and the many gods they served. Many structures in Egypt like the pyramids of Giza and the Step Pyramid of Djoser were used to house and protect the possessions and mummified bodies of the rulers. There are also
The main and important thing for the ancient Egyptians was to make sure that the body was preserved. That’s how the mummies come to play. Today if you think about Egypt many have an idea that it is all pyramids, camels, and mummies. They don’t know that Egypt has developed like the rest of the world and it’s not the Ancient Egypt anymore. Pallis states “Other important attributes were an individual’s khu (“spiritual intelligence”), sekhem (“power”), khabit (“shadow”), and ren (“name”). The Egyptians
burying their dead, the Egyptians put their royals and eventually ordinary’s in great care, unlike the Mesopotamians who buried their dead but did not attempt to preserve them. This process in which the Egyptians honored their dead was called mummification, the preservation of the dead (of course). This really corresponded with one of the most important things in Egyptian society, which was religion. The Egyptians like the Meso’s were polytheistic and believed in the afterlife. The Egyptians believed
Ancient Egyptians believed that after death, they could be reawakened in the next world if they had led a good life. They hoped the aid of many gods, and the preservation of mummification would help them reach the afterlife. Journey to the afterlife was not a routine. Mummification was the first step. Important organs were removed and dried in salts and placed in canopic jars. The lids represented the gods who protected the contents of the jars. Firstly, the body was dried with
When we die, something is going to happen to us. The hardest question to answer, where will you go and what will take place before that happens? Everyone has their own opinions about the ending destination, but in the end, everyone ends up in a place after going through a particular process depending on their religion and the type of gods they follow. Let’s dig deep into the afterlife of the Egyptians and the Greeks, after which we compare the differences in Gods and other important things. One
One of the major elements that define a culture and show the way the people think in this culture is the religion. Religions differ from one culture to another and sometimes they are different in the same culture. Polytheistic cultures are cultures where different people worship more than one god and they have different beliefs concerning their religion. These cultures are not only limited to difference in gods and beliefs but also to difference in practices and texts such as the Ancient Egyptian
civilizations to be created. The Nile River Valley is a civilization that has been created along the Nile River, hence the name of the kingdom. In about 3100 B.C., the king of Upper Egypt, Menes, united two regions and he and his successors used the Nile as a highway to link the north and the south, thus helping make Egypt the world’s first unified state. According to the World History book, on page 25, “The river also served as a trade route. Egyptian merchants traveled up and down the Nile in sailboats
century, John Hunter made a leap in surgery. He is known as the Father of Modern Surgery. He was considered one of the most influential surgeon of all time. He stand out because of his quality in research. His surgical researches across among different animal species. His techniques was based on his own rather than what is taught in some books. He did a successful operation to treat aneurysms of the popliteal artery. Hunter's work led to a scientific professionalism, the use of hypothesis and experimentation