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The famous pyramids were to house the pharaohs, a room where they can be prepared for there journey to see Osiris and prepare for the after life.

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Woman and ancient Egypt were equal to men, this was a rarity in old world societies.

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The Nile was thought by the Egyptians to flow through the heavens as well as hell while passing through Egypt.

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It was determined that it was only the pharaoh who could convince the gods to flood the Nile, rejuvenating fertile land .

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The obsession with cats was due to the goddess Bastet. She was the goddess of fertility and protection so killing a cat was greatly punished

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Anubis was determined to be able to shape shift into a Jackal due to the animal being commonly found at desert edge where the dead were buried.

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Most Egyptian  gods have an origin story to determine their role and their aspects on life such as the story of Nut and Geb. where the story explains how The sun and the sky will forever be separated due to Ra's prediction that one of their kids will betray him. The people of Egypt assign personalities to all gods but despite that they revere all of them. Even Set the god known as the most evil being because of his gruesome murder of his brother to take the throne( Osiris, the one set killed and child of Nut and Geb, took the throne from Ra prior to this) is still worshiped. They view him as a necessary evil that mandatory to keep life going. As they view all other gods that bring hardship. Along with the good ones that bless people, they believe it keeps the universe flowing.

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Gods were shown with a human body and an animal head. Kings were shown to have the reverse .

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The Ancient Egyptians worshiped many gifts of life including the sun

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Egyptian mythology is a series of myths  and stories from ancient Egypt, which use supernatural beings such as gods as a way to understand the world around them. The beliefs expressed in these myths  are an important part of the Egyptians religion. These myths appear frequently in their texts and art, particularly in short stories and in religious material such as hymns, and temple decoration. These sources usually only contain the fragment of the myth relevant to its purpose.

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A photo of the god of the dead

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Ancient Egypt: Crash Course World History #4

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the Egyptian religion lasted over 3000 years, it is the longest lasting known religion.

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Most minor Gods were only worshiped in a small province of the Egyptian kingdom.

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There were over 2,000 gods worshiped in Ancient Egypt. The most common were RA, Osiris, Isis, Anubis, Horus, Sobek, Seth, Thoth, Bastet and Kheper