Ancient Egyptian Religion

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Hello fellow historians, I would like to begin by thanking you for attending my presentation on ancient Egyptian religion at this year’s ‘National History Day’ function. Egyptian religion itself is a complex theology constructed of rituals, social norms and hierarchies. Ancient Egyptian Religion was an integral part of ancient Egyptian society. The mythology in Egypt awarded some citizens freedoms whilst others were negatively impacted by their worship. Due to pharaohs being considered consort of the gods, they had great power which they used to create their personal legacy and to promote religious practices as fundamental to Egyptian life. Egyptian preoccupation with deity influence upon death and their beliefs about the afterlife
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The belief that the pharaohs were a physical embodiment of the gods was so powerful in ancient Egypt that pharaohs devoted large amounts of effort and resource into building shrines and temples in honour of their divine consorts. Typically, pharaohs promoted polythetic worshipping which was common practice in this period. However, there was an instance where a pharaoh used their religious influence as a tool of intimidation or force to further their personal beliefs. pharaoh Akhenaten tried to establish a monotheistic devotion to one god, Ra. (source and elaborate) The reigning pharaoh would appoint different high priests to perform sacred rituals at several temples around Egypt on his behalf. The priests' responsibilities were to see to the God’s needs, carry out funeral rites, teach in schools and provide counsel. The priesthood of ancient Egypt has an extensive and profound history, entrenched within the traditions of Ancient Egypt and also carry heavy influence upon the religion. ( having pharoas and high priests. 1 big guy, lots of lil guys mor accesible to people. Ensure the religion was engrained into culture. …show more content…
They would have feasts to celebrate the beginning of each season, new years and feasts such as ‘the feast of the flood tide’, now known as ‘Nile flood day’. Their religious beliefs also impacted the animals they could hunt and eat, as animals were a significant

Beliefs in the after life, death and rituals:
Ancient Egyptian Religion consists of many religious beliefs and rituals, of which were performed in Ancient Egypt beyond 3,000 years. These religious beliefs centered around the worship of several deities who controlled various aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization. It was strongly believed the temple was a sacred premises in which they were the actual home of the chosen god. They performed rituals daily which entailed the preparing a statue they considered to be their actual deity. The most significant ritual was performed during sunrise….
“Egyptians believed in the afterlife, they believed that people enjoyed many of the same activities after death as they did in their current life. They prepared for their afterlife by filling their tombs with small and large statutes of friends and family, and with other items they might need to keep them company and to help them have a good time in the