PPT-Ancient Egyptian Religion & Achievements

Egyptians were polytheistic Common gods Ptah creator of the world Anubis god of the dead Re sun god Osiris god of the underworld Isis goddess of magic. Egypt. The people of ancient Egypt did not have scientific explanations for natural phenomena. . They believed sunshine . and . the great Nile River . were . gifts from their . many . gods. The beliefs . , . the beginning of civilization. World History. Today’s Date. Mesopotamia, . the beginning of . civilization. Page # (Your next available page). Interactive Notebook. Table of Contents. Given instructional . By around 3000 B.C., Egyptians began to use a form of writing called . . Hieroglyphs. It comes from the Greek “. hieros. ” meaning . sacred . and “. glyphe. ” meaning carving. The development of hieroglyphics first began as simple . World History. Libertyville High School. Non-Egyptian East Africa: . Nubia. Area between First through Fifth cataracts of Nile. Conquered by Egypt around 2000 BC. Served as major trading center between Egypt, African societies. Gods and Goddesses. By Sana Shigri. Isis . Isis was the Egyptian goddess of the moon, love, magic & fertility, she had wings, wore a sun disk and one pair of cow horns. She also wore a crown similar to a throne, she was associated with thrones because her lap was the first `throne` Horus sat on. She was the daughter of Nut and Geb and had three siblings called Osiris, Seth and Nephthys, she married Osiris and had a son who . People remember Egyptians for their cultural achievements:. Art. Writing. Architecture. Achievements. Inventions Page 1. Egyptian Calendar. The . Ancient Egyptians created the first known 365-day Calendar. They created it in order to mark the passage of years and to record special or significant events.. By Brenna Fulop. UCSF. 12-4-14. Most Dwellings. . Most of the ancient Egyptian dwellings were mud and straw bricks. They had two to three layers of bricks. They used to make huts of Papyrus reeds, plants that grew in marshes along the Nile, but they switched to mud bricks. Wood is very scarce in Egypt, so it isn’t used for building homes. They get the mud from the Nile’s annual flooding. The bricks would eventually crumble, so the more wealthy used stone instead. The houses all, excepting a few, had flat roofs.. 3200 B.C.-500 . B.C.. Section . Four. Egyptian Civilization. The ancient Egyptian civilization had an organized religion.. Ancient Egyptians believed . that many gods and goddesses ruled the world and the afterlife. . Ancient Egyptian civilization. Developed gradually from 5,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE along the Nile. There were two independent . Egypts. : Upper and Lower Egypt. Egyptian history is said to begin when Upper and Lower Egypt were united by . Most ancient Egyptians settled along the Nile River. The Nile River provided fresh water for drinking, food (fish) and trade (navigable river). Papyrus reeds were very useful for many reasons. . The deserts of Egypt and Kush were helpful because they provided natural barriers to keep out invaders. Think…would you want to travel many miles in hot, dry desert conditions?. AND. BY TAMARA. Ancient Egyptian Food. Vegetables . that were grown included; Radishes, coriander, cabbages, endive, watermelons, cucumbers, cabbage, beans and melons were very common and widely grown. Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton College. Why did Ancient Egyptian civilization develop where it did?. Presence of the Nile. Nile is only trans-Saharan . river. Seasonal rainfall in high areas of East Africa plus topography that directs water west and north. Egypt. The people of ancient Egypt did not have scientific explanations for natural phenomena. . They believed sunshine . and . the great Nile River . were . gifts from their . many . gods. The beliefs . in making the country run properly so the Egyptians . w. orshipped gods for just about everything- flooding, health, love, having babies, the sun, the sky and so on.. There were over 2000 gods- that’s a lot more than all of the gods in all of the different religions that exist nowadays! The gods were male, or female (goddesses) and were often shown as having the body of a human and the head of an animal or bird. .