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Mark
03 October 2005, 21:10
This was requested.

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SLIDE 1
Do Now: What would you bring with you to the afterlife?

SLIDE 2
Aim: How important was religion in Ancient Egypt?

SLIDE 3
I) All cycles of life followed the flow of the Nile. Including religious practices
a. Egyptian religion beliefs were based on their
understanding of the changing seasons of the Nile.
1. The Cult Osiris
2. Believed like the Nile there are life,
death and rebirth.
3. Followed moral codes so one can finally
enter into the afterlife

SLIDE 4
4. Afterlife was continuation of the way of life they had in Egypt.
A. Egyptians believed their life on earth as enjoyable.

SLIDE 5
1) The preparation of the Afterlife was very important for the Egyptians.
2) Often buried the dead with objects they believed they would need in the afterlife.

SLIDE 6
3) First had to find their way to the underworld
a. Burial sites had written descriptions of the way to underworld
b. The Book of the Dead was painted in the walls of the tombs.

SLIDE 7
C. the book showed you how to navigate into the underworld.
D. helped you prepare for your questions.

SLIDE 8
PICTURE


SLIDE 9
5. Show how moral you are by:
A. Answering riddles Weighing heart to feather
6. Prepared body for mummification because believed the soul will return to the body.
a. The more wealthy the better ways of mummification.

SLIDE 10
PICTURE

SLIDE 11
PICTURE

SLIDE 12
II) Religion as a source of Power
a. The Conflict between Amon-Re vs. Atan
1) Traditional God Amon (Sun) Re (Air)
b. Polytheisitc
1.New God Aten Sun God
c. Akhenaten tried to use the Aten to claim his authority as Pharaoh
After Akenaten died the priests of Amon-Re established power.









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No, I did not spell check this post! dry.gif

Jvarghese
03 October 2005, 21:38
thanks sooo much

Mark
03 October 2005, 21:53
No problem at all! smile.gif

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