ANCIENT EGYPT

THEY BELIEVED IN MANY GODS AND THE AFTER LIFE.

THEY HAD DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THINGS.THEY ALSO BELIEVED PHAROHS WERE LIVING GODS.The most famous Egyptian pharaoh today is, without doubt, Tutankhamun. However, before the spectacular discovery of his almost intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings in November 1922, Tutankhamun was only a little known figure of the late 18th Dynasty.The Ancient Egyptians lived along the banks of the river Nile in Egypt. Farmers first settled in Egypt along the River Nile around 5000 B.C.The pharaoh got the rich peasants to do the farm work on the rich lands. Most villagers were farmers. Farmers lived in towns too, along with craftworkers, traders and other workers and their families.

Amun King of the Gods When Amun was combined with the sun god Ra he was even more powerful. He was then called Amun-Ra. Head of a ram Anubis God of Mummification (embalming and the dead). His role was as the "guardian to necropolis" Priests often wore a mask of Anubis during mummification ceremonies. Head of a jackal Bast (Bastet) Goddess of Protection and of household entertainment Thought to be the daughter of the sun god Ra Head of a cat Geb Earth God The ancient Egyptians believed that earthquakes were Geb's laughter. Head of a goose Hathor Goddess of love and joy and also of music and dance . Head of a cow Sekmet Goddess of war and battle Head of a lioness Horus God of the sky The Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was the 'living Horus'. Head of a falcon Heket Goddess of childbirth Head of frog Tefnut Goddess of of the rain Head of lioness Thoth God of wisdom (writing and knowledge) Head of an ibis bird Sobek God of Nile and swidt action Head of a crocodile.

by archie