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All Egyptian pyramids were built on the west bank of the Nile, which as the site of the setting sun was associated with the realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.

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Egyptians believed the dark area of the night sky around which the stars appear to revolve was the physical gateway into the heavens

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The shape of the pyramids are believed to represent a mound from where the earth was created.

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There are a total of 7 steps to mummification, and the whole process takes about 70 days to be complete.

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A mummy is a person or an animals body that has been preserved after death.

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Formal religious practice centered on the pharoah knownjas the king of Egypt. Although he was a human, the pharaoh was believed to be descended from the gods. He acted as the intermediary between his people and the gods The Pharoah was obligated to sustain the gods through rituals and offerings so that they could maintain order in the universe.

This is what a stereotypical Pharoah would look like.

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Before the world was created there was this void that was nothing but endless amount of dark water. In this void there was Heka, the god of magic, and Atum. Atum then gave birth to Shu, god of air, and Tefnut, goddess of moisture.

In the image below is the god Tefnut.

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Egyptians influenced other cultures by it's concept of life after death, detites, and reincarnation.

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Every aspect of Egyptian mythology was based off of the stories which related to the creation of the world and the world being sustained by the gods.

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Egyptian Mythology was a structure and underlying form of ancient Egyptian Culture from 4000 BCE to 30 CE.