ANCIENT EGYPTBy Claire Hennen and Tiva Knutson

EgyptEgypt is in Africa

GODS

Ra (Rah)Some people believed that Ra sailed on a sun boat into the Duat and fought monsters of the night. Some people even believed that if Ra lost the battle and didn’t return to his rightful place in the sky that the world would end.

The sun god

ThothThe god of wisdom

Bes Twaret

Protector of women and children Goddess of child birth

AnubisGod of the mummification

Ammit Osiris

God of the underworldHeart devourer

Bastet (Bast-ut)

Cat goddess and goddess of music, love and joy

HorusThe sky god

Horus is the son of Isis. This stone is madeup of protection hieroglyphics, it also has two crocodiles for Horus to stand on to show more power. If you look really close you can see Bes standing on his head to protect his mom.

IsisThe goddess of magic and motherhood

KhufuThe god of power

HapyThe god of flooding the Nile

Nut and GebThe sky and weather goddess (blue)

The Earth/ground god (brown)

SethThe god of chaos and destruction

Culture

Social pyramid

OfferingsThe Egyptians believed that if they gave gods valuables like food and gold, the gods would give them things in return like a good years harvest.

language

The Egyptians spoke a language called Egyptian that is now dead. Now they speak Arabic.

Arabic

Can you try to write your name

Mummies

CoffinsCoffins were used to protect the dead.

Mummification Mummification is a process that ancient Egyptians believed to preserve the body for the afterlife.

Egypt

Before

after

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