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Title: What were the effects of gods and goddesses on Egyptian life


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What were the effects of gods and goddesses on
Egyptian life?
  • By Jordan, Tim, and Sammy November 2004

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This slideshow presentation will discuss the
following four aspects
  • Pantheon
  • Religion
  • Nature
  • Daily life

3
Greater Gods
  • Amun and Ra
  • Amun-Ra
  • Osiris
  • Isis
  • Seth
  • Anubis
  • Thoth
  • Bastet
  • Horus

4
Lesser gods
  • Apep Giant serpent that attacks the sun.
  • Ba Ka Soul Spirit
  • Meresger snake goddess
  • Sobek protector of the Nile.
  • Serket Scorpion goddess, protector of canopic
    jars.
  • Aton Little known sun god
  • Ptah God of craftsmen
  • Bes Dwarf god of luck.
  • Twaret Protector of pregnant women.
  • Sekhmet Lesser Goddess of war

5
Religion
  • Ras eye decided to leave, and the eye cried and
    made the first people.
  • Sun was a god born each day and died each night.
  • Baby shaped on Khnums potters wheel.

6
The Beginning
  • Cold waters Nun.
  • The hill Ben-Ben.
  • Ra stood on Ben-Ben.
  • Spat out Shu and Tefnut.
  • Geb and Nut.
  • Isis, Osiris, Seth, Nephthys.
  • That is where the Egyptian pantheon starts.

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Nature
  • Watery catastrophes
  • Nile flood.
  • Earthquakes

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Daily Life
  • Farming
  • Hieroglyphics
  • Mummification

9
Interesting Facts
  • Eating donkey flesh
  • Sitting on a tree
  • Looking in deep well
  • Eating eggs
  • Shaving eyebrows

10
Skills we Gained by Doing This Project
  • Teamwork
  • Patience
  • Spelling things correctly

11
References
  • Social Studies Book
  • Margaret Drover Egyptian Mythology. London
    Octopus Books Limited 1972
  • Everyday learning Company Ancient Egypt. U.S.A.
    Everyday Learning 1999
  • http//www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
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