Ancient Civ. Script
According to a book from 2006, Egyptian Religion centered around the Pharaoh. One thing the Pharaoh did for the religion, is ensure that all gods received proper respect at their temples. Egyptians, like the Chinese we’re learning about, believed in the afterlife. And some of the pyramids that were built by the Egyptians, including the Great Pyramids, are burial sites for the Pharaohs. Priests in the Egyptian social structure, were fairly high up. The pharaoh was considered the highest ranked priest of all. The next highest priest oversaw religious ceremonies. Other priests did more common things like giving advice to people and performing healings. Every temple was home to at least one god, and it was the temple priest’s job to take care of the gods at his, or her, temple. The god was thought to live in its statue, that statue was in a sanctuary which only a purified priest could enter. A priest had to do lots of things to be considered clean. Two of those things were, Wear linen cloth clothes, because animal products like wool from sheep were considered un-clean, and shave off ALL body hair. …show more content…
I have 5 to tell you about. Re was the supreme god. Father of all creation in the form of Atum. He was often merged with other gods to form composite gods such as Atum-Re. Pharaohs claimed legitimacy to the throne as descendants of Re. The center of his worship is Heliopolis. As you can see in the picture, he is portrayed as a human male with a hawk head. Re is the creator of the universe, gods who participated, are considered aspects of Re. When Re’s disk rose out of the watery chaos of Nun, time itself began. So, the Egyptians believe that every day, Re travels across the sky in two celestial boats, one for the morning, one for the afternoon, to make the sun rise and
According to a book from 2006, Egyptian Religion centered around the Pharaoh. One thing the Pharaoh did for the religion, is ensure that all gods received proper respect at their temples. Egyptians, like the Chinese we’re learning about, believed in the afterlife. And some of the pyramids that were built by the Egyptians, including the Great Pyramids, are burial sites for the Pharaohs. Priests in the Egyptian social structure, were fairly high up. The pharaoh was considered the highest ranked priest of all. The next highest priest oversaw religious ceremonies. Other priests did more common things like giving advice to people and performing healings. Every temple was home to at least one god, and it was the temple priest’s job to take care of the gods at his, or her, temple. The god was thought to live in its statue, that statue was in a sanctuary which only a purified priest could enter. A priest had to do lots of things to be considered clean. Two of those things were, Wear linen cloth clothes, because animal products like wool from sheep were considered un-clean, and shave off ALL body hair. …show more content…
I have 5 to tell you about. Re was the supreme god. Father of all creation in the form of Atum. He was often merged with other gods to form composite gods such as Atum-Re. Pharaohs claimed legitimacy to the throne as descendants of Re. The center of his worship is Heliopolis. As you can see in the picture, he is portrayed as a human male with a hawk head. Re is the creator of the universe, gods who participated, are considered aspects of Re. When Re’s disk rose out of the watery chaos of Nun, time itself began. So, the Egyptians believe that every day, Re travels across the sky in two celestial boats, one for the morning, one for the afternoon, to make the sun rise and