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Pharaohs
Pharaohs were thought to be divine spirits as well as
mortal rulers. Pharaohs were the rulers of Ancient Egypt.
There were about 170 Pharaohs during the Ancient Egypt
Period. The title for Pharaoh was passed down from father
to son and sometimes the Pharaoh married relatives to keep
the royalty in one family.
Vizier
The Vizier was the Pharaoh's right hand man in ruling
Ancient Egypt. The Pharaoh and Vizier were the titles the
mattered the most in the Ancient Egypt Government. The
Vizier was also the judge in high court. Citizens got to tell
the Vizier if they had a problem and the Vizier would make a
choice on what to do. Whatever the Vizier said was the final
decision and you could

end up in more trouble than you started in. The Highest
officials reported to the Vizier. After that the Vizier
reported to the Pharaoh.
Social Classes
There were three main social classes: the upper, the
middle, and the lower class. The social classes were broken
up according to wealth. The government positions, doctors,
and engineers belonged to the upper classes. The scribes
and craftsmen belonged to the middle class. Soldiers
farmers and tomb builders were in the lower classes.





To the Egyptians, life was an essential and magical thing that they
respected and never took for granted. They also valued their family's
life as well as a stranger's. Children were a blessing to the Egyptians,
the act of raising one brought happiness to the whole family.The
families that could not have a child would ask for help from the gods.
they even treasured the deceased by writing letters to the gods
allowing the passed away spirit to be embraced by the gods.
Men were mostly craftsmen or traders. Taking after their father, the
male children would usually follow in their footsteps, and inherit the
land if the father died. Women were respected and given equal rights
in ancient Egypt. Though most were to obey their fathers and
husbands they were given the ability to own land, start a business,
and even represent themselves in court.

Egypt grew out of an area known as the Nile River Valley. The
spot they chose was full of nutrient rich soil which allowed
flourishing crops and provided excellent grazing for animals as
well as a spot for drinking and bathing. They lived in a place
called Memphis which was their capitol at the time. They lived
under the control of the Pharaoh, who was their leader at the time.
Next to the Pharaoh there was the important, Vizier. The Vizier's
job was to carry out the orders of the Pharaoh such as laws or
decrees.
Clothing ranged from tattered to luxurious. Men mostly wore
small skirts called kilts and the women wore small dresses held up
by straps. for men work clothes were just a loincloth and sandals
and women wore short skirts. noblemen would wear pleated kilts
and the noblewomen would wear studded dresses. A pierced ear or
nose was a common thing to see on men, women, and even
children.






The Basics
The Ancient Egyptians were polytheistic meaning they
worshiped more than one god. The Egyptians in particular
worshiped over 2000 different gods. They built different
temples to please their gods. The gods, in their religion, had
animal heads instead of human heads. The Ancient
Egyptians were not really afraid of their gods and would hit
the statue of a god or goddess with a stick if that
god/goddess didn't give them the response to their prayers
they wanted.
The Ancient Egyptians believed in an Afterlife where
they would go to a heavenly place called; The Land of Two
Fields. This place was rumored to even have a heavenly Nile
River. In the beginning only Pharaohs could go to the
Afterlife but later

Osiris was supposedly the one to allow everyone else into the
afterlife. The thought was that to get to the Land of Two
Fields you had to do good things in your life and then take
Ra's boat to the Afterlife. Three more things were needed:
I.) You had to pass the Test of Heart in the Hall of Maat.
II.) You had to have your name written down somewhere.
III.) You had to have a preserved body.
Crime was very low in Ancient Egypt because if you did crime
that was a bad mark on your "record" in the Hall of Maat.
When you died two parts of your soul would split up.
One part, the Ba, would watch over the remaining, living
relatives during the day. And the Ka would go to the Land
of Two Feilds

where it would spend the day. At night both parts of the
soul would go back to the tomb of their body to rest for the
night. If your preserved body got damaged then the two
parts of your soul would get lost and disappear, henceforth
not being able to go back or to the Afterlife.
Grave-robbing was such a bad thing because it stole
someones wealth and prevented the dead person from living
in the Afterlife.



Gods
Isis
Mother of Horus
Goddess of Motherhood and Love
Wife and sister and of Osiris
Brought Osiris back to life after Seth killed him

Anubis
God of death and funerals
Thought to protect the dead
Was painted on tomb walls
Thought to have embalmed Osiris, taught the Ancient
Egyptians how to embalm the dead and watch over
embalming


Ra
Ra is depicted as a falcon with the sun on his head
He is the Egyptian god of creation
The sun on his head rising was the symbol creation and
renewal
He was thought to have created the world

Seth
God of Chaos
Murdered his brother Osiris
Plucked out Horus' eyes
Shown as a Greyhound with straight up ears, a long curved
muzzle, and almond brown eyes



The evidence of Egyptian life has been assisted by the
signs of the intellectual architecture left behind by the
them. The Giza Pyramids for example, though its size
and superiority are obvious, it's purpose is
unanswered, though we do know is their alignment
with Orion's Belt is almost perfect.
The Egyptian Pyramids are large structures whose
purpose is yet to determined. The objects are so
massive that the fact that they were built by hand
with no technology seems impossible! Scientists
believe that they were tombs for respected pharaohs
or buildings dedicated to the gods.


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