Egyptian Mythology |
Culture and time period
During this time in Egypt every aspect of daily life was based off their belief in mythology. Their strong belief and trust in their gods influenced their resistance to change.
Their beliefs allowed the pharaohs and priests to have a lot of power over everything in their daily aspect of life. When things in the country went wrong, they believed that either the pharaoh or priest had upset the gods. Glass and metal working (with bronze and gold) were also popular during this time, as they made gifts for their gods and goddesses and gifts for their pharaohs to reach their afterlife and thrive with riches. Egyptians had a spoken language and a writing system called hieroglyphics, but only scribes wrote and read them. They were very smart people at subjects like math and science. Their doctors even had special fields they studied. Hygiene and appearance was important to the Egyptian people. They used perfume/incense, cosmetics (for men and women), shaved, ware wigs, and bushed their hair. They even invented tooth paste, toothbrushes, and breath mints. The Egyptians were afraid of dying anywhere else but Egypt because if they died anywhere else they believed they will be condemned to non-existence. So if an Egyptian died while traveling or at war they would be sent back to Egypt. SPORTS Egyptians played many sports that were on land or in the water. Here’s a list of sports that they liked to play:
THE PYRAMIDS Pyramids were made for the pharaoh to be buried in the beginning of the Old Kingdom to the end of the Middle Kingdom. They were build slaves that carried around 2.5 ton bricks to make the pyramid. After the pyramid is finished white limestone cover the pyramid surface with special gold blocks at the very top. The time it takes and size depends how big the pyramid is made. But like the Great Pyramid of Giza that is four hundred eighty-one feet tall and toke twenty years to make, so pyramids take a long time to make and can be very big. THE MUMMIFICATION PROCESS Mummification was part of the Egyptian culture. The body would be washed with palm wine then with water from the Nile. Then take out the organs, fill them with natron to try them out, and cover the body with natron. After forty days they washed the body in the Nile. The organs then are wrapped in linen and put back into the body or put into canopies jars. They stuff dry materials into the body to make it look life like. Then the body is covered in oils and wrapped in linen. Amulets was placed on the body to protect the body in the underworld. While the wrapping is done a priest reads spells out loud to help the person with evil spirits and help the person in the afterlife. They tie the arms and legs together with a scroll of spells in between the hands. More linen with resin are put on the body. A cloth with the god Osiris painted on it is placed on the body. Then a cloth with linen straps to tie the cloth to the body is placed. A place of painted wood is placed on top, then the body is put into two coffins. At the funeral the people there will open the body’s mouth so the body can eat and drinks again before being put its tomb with furniture, clothing, valuable items, food, and drinks so the deceased person can starts the journey to the underworld. Then the persons heart will be judged for how pure it is and if the heart is pure the person is sent to the “Field of Reeds”. |