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This picture shows egyptians giving offerings to their pharaoh
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This is a image of what the masses looked like in Ancient Egypt
This is a photo of all the Pharaohs in Ancient Egypt
This is a picture of 2 priests in Ancient Egypt
This photo shows the Egyptians hunting down an animal for food
This photo is of the eye of Horus who was a Egyptian God
This is a well knwon image of the Gods Hunefer and osiris
This image shows the Egyptians farming for food
The Ancient Egyptian Temples were a sacred space found along the Nile river. These temples were used to honour the dead and to worship local and national deities. Priests also used these special buildings to worship Gods. There were 2 types of temples in Ancient Egypt, the Cultus temple and the Mortuary temple. The cultus temple was built to house specific Gods, Egyptians came here to worship their local God. The Mortuary temple was used to serve dead Pharaohs. The temples were a large building made primarily from sandstone but also limestone, granite and basalt. The typical design of a temple consists of a series of enclosed halls, open courts and entrance pylons aligned along the path used for festival processions.
The Ancient Egyptians were polytheistic which means they believed in multiple Gods. Arguably the most important God to them was Ra, Ra was believed to of created the earth, heaven and the underworld, other important names are Osiris, Horus the elder, Isis, Set and Nephthys. Ancient Egyptians often attended ceremonies just outside the temples and offered food, drink, clothes, and ointment to the gods as offerings. The Gods roles were very major in the Ancient Egyptian society, they were believed to control everything like the weather and the floods.
The Egyptians offered offerings and appeased deities, who stood in for natural forces and occurrences, so that they would continue to act in accordance with maat, or divine order. Isis, Osiris, Horus, Amun, Ra, Hathor, Bastet, Thoth, Anubis, and Ptah are some of the well-known Deities. To become a deity they had to gain merit in their life and the underworld. Deities didn't have a job, they just continued to live in the afterlife, they were also believed to express a sense of significance and protection to the real world. The Ancient Egyptians worshipped over 1400 Deities.
Ancient Egyptians participated in mass in the forecourt of the Temples every day. At these ceremonies there were colonnades either side of the forecourt with a altar in the middle used for performing sacrifices. There were also locations on the outer walls of the temple known as "chapels of the hearing ear" where worshippers may whisper their prayers into sculptures depicting a pair of ears. In addition to that, there were numerous little local shrines dedicated to different Gods where you may make a sacrifice or leave a votive offering.
The Ancient Egyptian Civilization is situated along the Nile river in Northeast Africa. They were an extremely powerful and influential group. The Egyptians had a social structure showcasing the roles and positions in the. The head of the religious side of Ancient Egypt is the Priest, they are just below the Pharaoh on the hierarchy Structure. The Priests work at the temples and their job is to conduct daily rituals of clothing, feeding and putting to bed the sculpted images that represented the deities to who the temples were dedicated. For the Egyptians to be names a Priest they had to undergo specific training that enabled them to perform certain technical tasks in the temples.
The gods and their religion came first to the ancient Egyptians. In order to enter the afterlife, they had to hold a belief in a God. Due to their belief that life on earth was only one stage of an everlasting journey and that in order to continue that journey beyond death, one must live a life deserving of continuation, religion played a significant role in Ancient Egyptian culture. The Egyptians would partake in liturgies and gatherings to worship their Gods daily.
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Eye Of Horus Painting
The God Horus was born in the city of Nekhen but went on to live in a small town along the nile river in lower Egypt called Behde. Although he lived in this small town, his believers/cult spread through the country rapidly
For about three thousand years, Horus was worshipped. Horus was one of the most highly respected and significant Deities from 3100 BC until 305 BC. His eye has grown to be one of the most widely used symbols in Egypt; you can find it on Egyptian hotels, restaurants, and even on aeroplanes. Horus' birth is not explicitly stated in Egyptian mythology, although his divinity was first mentioned relatively early on in Egyptian history, during the 4th century BC.
The Eye of Horus is a very well known symbol which signifies prosperity and protection. Horus was stung to death by a scorpion sent by Set, while in this struggle he lost his left eye. His eye was then magically restored after he was killed, this eye had an immense amount of power and also brought protection and healing to the town he lived in. Horus the falcon headed God was the protector of the royalty of Egypt and completed the holy family triad with Osiris and Isis being the parents.
The Eye of Horus was highly signififcant in Ancient Egyptian Society, that and many other reasons is why I chose to create this model. Horus brought protection to his town and is still a big factor in Egypt to this day.
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