Comparative Civilizations presentation project

1. Polytheism Ancient Egypt & Ancient Greece

3. There were 8 main gods that were most important to please, for they had the most power over life and death. (ex. Horus god of life, and Anubis god of death.)- These gods represented more then an animal or element but also aspects like leadership, or determination.

6. The Egyptians’ would mummify and bury there dead and believed that Anubis would take them to the afterlife.

8. They offered food, drinks, and sacred objects to the alters and statues of their gods.

11. The dead was first bathed, oiled and dressed. During the laying out of the body, relatives and friends came to mourn and pay respects.

13. Pharaohs were the only representative of the gods, nobody else was allowed enough power to be thought of in the same way.

14. Many of the Rituals were to bolster the Pharaohs standing with the gods.

15. The most important daily ritual was the purity ritual, in which people washed themselves and their goods in a sacred lake.

17. Temples contained a naos, which had a grand altar and statue of the diety. Priests would attend and give offerings to the god. Some Temples contained orac­les who would predict the future.

19. The most important room in a temple is the shrine, where images of gods are on display.

20. Each city had a temple build for each of the main gods.

21. Some temples had statues of the Pharaoh in power at the time the temple was build, as they were considered closest to the gods.