Nun, the dark waters of chaos.
2007-03-12 15:24:51
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answered by chrisviolet4011 4
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Didn't the Egyptians come from around the Nile? That means they believed the beliefs of the Fertile Crescent.
2007-03-12 15:42:20
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answered by ☼SoccerGirl☼ 4
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Egyptians no longer in straight forward terms believed in existence after dying, lots of their civilization grew to become into based around it. historic Egyptians had their bodies mummified to maintain it for the afterlife, so it ought to connect their souls and minds after dying. They observed dying as a continuation of their existence in the international (they had it especially good), and that they may be buried with those issues they utilized in existence, even foodstuff, on condition that they might proceed to desire them in dying. to attain the afterlife, although, they had to pass by way of a team of tests and answer questions placed forth to them by making use of the gods (they have been a polytheistic society, and believed the gods ruled all--even the pharoah grew to become into seen a god). to help them alongside, they have been buried with a reproduction of the e book of the lifeless, in the event that they might arise with the money for one (and that they might keep as lots money as they might during this existence to prepare for it). this might grant the solutions they needed to the questions. there have been a number of tests, such because of the fact the weighing of the middle, wherein the middle of the deceased grew to become into placed on a scale, and if the middle weighed extra beneficial than a feather (in different words, they weren't freed from sin), the middle grew to become into thrown to an alligator-headed monster to be eaten, and that they won't pass further. between the worst issues that should take place to an historic Egyptian grew to become into to be forgotten, or to no longer make it to the afterlife. If the physique grew to become into no longer preserved, they won't make it to the afterlife. additionally, some temples and tombs have pictures of Egyptians that have been defaced, and the reliefs chipped away, so the guy does no longer be waiting to proceed interior the afterlife. The pantheon of gods in Egypt grew to become into enourmous. Many factors had their very own gods that have been enormously significant to them, yet there have been additionally gods and goddesses that have been prevalent to the society, such as Isis, Osiris and Set.
2016-10-18 05:50:37
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answered by Anonymous
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Pharaoh
The ancient Egyptians worshipped the Pharaoh because they belived
he was the son of Amen-Ra.
2007-03-12 16:11:48
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answered by softball Queen 4
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the primeval mound where they believed the first rays of the rising sun first fell
2007-03-12 15:32:19
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answered by sangogirl8 2
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