Gods and Goddesses.
The main God is believed to be Ra. He is the god of the sun. According to legend, every night Ra went into the Duat, or the underworld, and sailed through the 12 gates of night. Each gate represented an hour.
There was also Horus. Horus was a warrior. He was known as the eye of Horus. He is the god of the sky. He appeared as a man with a hawk head.
The God Osiris was the god of the dead. He appears as a mummified man with a headdress. Osiris used to rule the Earth until Seth killed him.
Seth is a man with the head of an unidentifiable animal. Seth represented chaos. He ruled the earth until Horus killed him.
MUMMIFICATION
Have you ever watched a scary movie? Maybe a mummy came stumbling across the screen. This was a ritual in ancient Egypt. It was usually performed on rich people, or pharaohs when they died. The brains really did get scooped out. This was to prevent decomposition. Here is a step-by-step on mummification.
A pharaoh would be placed in his special burial chamber with all of this valuables
As you can see, this was a very expensive process.
The main God is believed to be Ra. He is the god of the sun. According to legend, every night Ra went into the Duat, or the underworld, and sailed through the 12 gates of night. Each gate represented an hour.
There was also Horus. Horus was a warrior. He was known as the eye of Horus. He is the god of the sky. He appeared as a man with a hawk head.
The God Osiris was the god of the dead. He appears as a mummified man with a headdress. Osiris used to rule the Earth until Seth killed him.
Seth is a man with the head of an unidentifiable animal. Seth represented chaos. He ruled the earth until Horus killed him.
MUMMIFICATION
Have you ever watched a scary movie? Maybe a mummy came stumbling across the screen. This was a ritual in ancient Egypt. It was usually performed on rich people, or pharaohs when they died. The brains really did get scooped out. This was to prevent decomposition. Here is a step-by-step on mummification.
- Aquire a dead body
- Pull brain out of nose using a hook
- Make a cut on the left side of the body near the tummy
- Remove all internal organs
- Let the internal organs dry
- Place the lungs, intestines, stomach and liver inside canonic jars
- Place the heart back inside the body
- Rinse inside of body with wine and spices
- Cover the corpse with natron (salt) for 70 days
- After 40 days stuff the body with linen or sand to give it a more human shape
- After the 70 days wrap the body from head to toe in bandages
- Place in a sarcophagus (a type of box like a coffin)
A pharaoh would be placed in his special burial chamber with all of this valuables
As you can see, this was a very expensive process.