Wednesday, October 29, 2008

The gods of egypt

Ra: The god of the sun.
Anubis: The god of the dead.
Bastet: The cat goddess.
Sehkmet: The goddess of fire, war, and plague.
Nut: The goddess of the sky and stars, mother of gods.
Geb: The green god of earth.
Horus: the god with falcon's head, god of the sun.
Osiris: The god of fertility and Duat.
Isis: The goddess of love, wife of Osisris.
Seth: The god of deserts and evil.
Thoth: The scribe god.
Ma'at: The goddess of truth.
Amun: The god of thebes, kink of gods on the new kingdom.
Wadjet: The goddess of pregnancy and motherhood, goddess in snake form.
Anuket: The goddess of river nile.

Those are the beloved and respected gods of the egyptians.

Snefru

Snefru was no ordinary pharaoh. Whenever he would talk to slaves or workers, he would refer to them as"My brother" or "My friend". By doing that he earned the loyalty and trust from all of Egypt. Once he had the loyalty and trust he could do anything and the people of Egypt would trust him with their lives. After all he was their pharaoh and they would regularly have to go along with whatever he said, but Snefru and the people of Egypt had an even greater bond between them.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Egypt's flag

I was not able to get a picture of the egyptian flag on here, so I will explain it to you. There are three stripes of Red, White, and black in that order from top to bottom. In the white stripe there is an eagle with egyptian text. The black and red represent egypt's struggle to become a republic. The white stands for a bright future for egypt.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The caste system

The caste system played a very important role in how you were a person was treated. At the top of the system there was the pharaoh, the most respected being in the egyptian world. Next there were nobles and priests. After them there were the scribes. And last but not least the loyal slaves, farmers, and foremen. 

Egypt's architectural advancements

Egypt was ahead of all of the other empires and city/states because the pharos had a passion for building. Djoser created the first pyramid. His pyramid was a step pyramid. He layered carefully cut stone, first four times, then eight times. Then Snefru created the more famous pyramids. The pyramids where each time the stone got closer to the final height it had to be cut more and more carefully until they reached the capstone and smooth limestone.