Introduction

In this power point , you will learn about the Beliefs

and Religion in ancient Egypt.
Questions That Will Be Answered:
-How did they make mummies?
-What happens to their after life?
-Who are their gods?
-Who are some of their pharaohs?
Making Mummies
Egyptians embalmed the bodies of their dead before
they were placed in tombs.
After embalming the dead, they rap the dead in a
type of cloth called linen.
They tie the deads hands together with a spell book
of the dead in his/hers hand.
They place the mummies in a bog tomb with the
painting of the god Orsiris, the ruler of the dead.
At last, they do the funeral for the dead.

Life After Death
Egyptians generally positive outlook shaped their
religion and led them to believe that the gods favor
them.
They came to believe that it was not just the
pharaoh and the nobles that could look forward to
life after death.
Vocabulary
Embalm
Means to preserve
a body after death.
For example,
getting its organs
out and cleaning
the body.
Nobles
Showing fine
personal qualities
or high moral
principle.
Somebody that has
a higher
The Burial Boat of King Khufu
One of the only treasure left in Pharaoh Khufus tomb.
King Khufus
Statue
Also one of the treasures
that is left in pharaoh
Khufus tomb.
It is made out of Ivory
which got a little rusted.
The Book of Dead
A guide to the deceaseds journey in the afterlife.
Everytime when they rap a mummy, they will put one
in the deads hand. It contains 200 spells.
Pharoahs
Egyptians believed
that pharoahs were
living gods. If the
magical link between
the pharaohs and the
Next World were
broken, then the
whole earth would
vanish into darkness
and chaos.
Amun
King of the gods in the New Kingdom.
Anubis
God of the Dead. He had a jackals head.
Thoth
God of Wisdom and Writing, had the
head of an ibis( a type of bird).
Tawaret
A female hippopotamus, looked after
pregnant women and babies.
Horus
God of the Sky, son of Isis and Osiris.
Bast
A mother goddess. She is shown as a cat.
Maat
Goddess of truth and justice.
Geb
God of the Earth
Osiris
Son of Geb and Nut, ruler of the Dead.
Isis
Goddess of crafts, sister and wife of
Osiris.
Re
The god of sun.
Bes
The most popular god is Bes the dwarf,
because he is funny and makes all the
gods laugh. Also looks after peoples
homes and children.
King Khufu
King Khufus body
was never found.
It was to believe that
his body was thrown,
or robbed by grave
robbers when they
came and steel the
treasures.
King Tut
King Tuts tomb
found .
King Tut was one of
the greatest and
most story pharaoh.
Queen Cleopatra
Queen Cleopatras tomb.
One of the greatest ruler of Egypt as a Queen.
King Ramsses II
Greatest, most powerful, mostly celebrated King in
Egypt.