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Ancient Egyptian Life: Religion

Resources to support the Year 7 Humanities unit on Ancient Egyptian Life

Ancient Egypt

Afterlife

The Afterlife

Image Title : The 'Opening of the mouth ceremony' before entombment.

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Mummification

Before being judged by Osiris, the noble's soul had undertaken a journey that lasted over two months. When the noble died he was brought to the Beautiful House, where an embalmer (often a priest with knowledge of rituals, wrapping, and anatomy) prepared the body to cross to the afterlife.

Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

TheGods

Image Title : Egyptian Gods

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For three thousand years new gods appeared and others ceased to be worshipped but for most of that time, the Egyptian religion did not change much. The only exception was that for a short period during the 18th dynasty, when the pharaoh Akhenaten established a revolutionary monotheistic cult of the one god Aten.