JoshShepardWorldHistoryProject

Josh Shepard 3rd hour =__Egypts religion and writing and records__= Josh: Egyptians religion was what there earilest ancestors beliefs and practices were. They would write on monuments and wall paintings in tombs to reveal how Egyptians felt about there afterlife and who they thought ruled this world. They thought there were many types of gods and goddesses, the chief god was the sun god, Amon-Re. The pharaoh was a god to them and also a monarch, he was closely linked to Amon-Re. Only the pharaoh could conduct certain ceremonies for the sun god. They had to pass a test to win eternal life. The test was for low peasants to high nobles. A osiris weighed a souls heart against the feather of truth, people who he thought were sinners were fed to the crocedile-shaped Eater of the Dead. Worthy souls went to the feild of food. They thought there afterlife would be just like the Earth now so they buried them with all the stuff they would needed. ( World History Book p26-27)

(pharaoh, google images)



Josh: Egyptians developed a form of picture writing. It was called hieroglyphics, they were used to keep important records. When this first was invented priests and scribes carved there hieroglyphics on stone.Inscriptions on temples and other monuments peserved records of there culture for thousands of years. (World History Book, p28-p29) (google images, Egyptians hieroglyphics)