Ancient Egyptians Beliefs And Customs Essay Example

all of there cures were hand made. Some of these cures consisted of special rituals that were performed by the local community priests.
Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death, you were guided into what they called the Afterlife'. Upon death, they would embalm the body with special preserving oils then they removed the major organs except the heart and placed them into special canopic jars. The only organ which was not placed into a canopic jar was the brain, which was totally discarded. After the organs were removed the body was stuffed with cotton and linen and sewn back up. They eyes were then removed and replaced either by cotton or fake eyeballs. They then soaked sheets of linen in embalming fluids and wrapped the body in it. To finish the mummification it was covered with linen and bound carefully.

The whole mummification took a total of 70 days.

Egyptian religion played a major part in the development of their civilization. They had Gods which they worshiped, to praise their Gods the Ancient Egyptians held festivals for them. Each God had to be equally praised to ensure the Ancient Egyptians good health and prosperity, special temples were where the Ancient Egyptians thought of as the Gods dwelling place, each town had a temple for the God of that city. Ancient Egypt's religion consisted of many Gods, as most of our religions only consist of one God. Upon death of an Egyptian, the would mummify there body then lay them to rest. Rich families were laid to rest in gold filled tombs, whilst poor families were laid to rest in the sand. The Ancient Egyptian left food, drink

and personal belongings in the tombs so when the were guided into the afterlife they could survive in the afterlife. Ancient Egyptians also worshiped many of their animals as they believed that animals were the Gods, only in animal form. The Gods were believed to perform different things, some were believed to heal, others to punish.

In conclusion Ancient Egyptian culture was a remarkable phenomenon, there landmarks were all made by hand and still stand today after hundreds of years, there medicine which was all natural and worked, there beliefs to mummify there dead to ensure a safe journey to the afterlife and there religion which I believe helped create the civilization and the landmarks left.
Bibliography-
World Book 2000 (E-D)
Internet (Google, Aks Jeeves)