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1 Book of the Dead Shant Keusseyan 8B

2 'The Book of the Dead' is the common name for the ancient Egyptian funerary text known as 'The Book of Coming '[or 'Going']' Forth By Day'.ancient Egyptianfunerary text The name "Book of the Dead" was the invention of the German Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius, who published a selection of the texts in 1842. GermanEgyptologistKarl Richard Lepsius1842 When it was first discovered, the book of the dead was thought to be an ancient Egyptian Bible.Bible

3 Anubis- Anubis is the Greek name for a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in Egyptian mythology.GreekjackalgodmummificationEgyptian mythology Egyptian priests wear the mask of Anubis during the time when someone gets mummified for example, when a pharaoh gets mummified a priest would have the mask of Anubis and say prayers for the dead body. a priest would have the mask of Anubis and say prayers for the dead body.

4 Ra is the ancient Egyptian sun god.ancient Egyptian He is a major deity in ancient Egyptian religion by the fifth dynasty. ancient Egyptian religionfifth dynasty He commanded sky, earth, underworld. He was associated with the falcon.skyearth underworldfalcon

5 Thoth (his Greek name derived from the Egyptian * ḏ i ḥ autī, written by Egyptians as ḏḥ wty ) was considered one of the most important deities of the Egyptian pantheon, often depicted with the head of an Ibis.GreekEgyptiansdeities Egyptian pantheon Ibis His chief shrine was at Khemennu, where he led the local pantheon, later renamed Hermopolis by the Greeks (in reference to him through the Greeks' interpretation that he was the same as Hermes) and Eshmûnên in Coptic. Hermopolis Greeks'Coptic

6 Horus refers primarily to two separate deities of the Ancient Egyptian Religion: Horus the Elder (Heru-ur) and Horus the Younger (Heru-pa-khart), but also to a number of minor deities.Ancient Egyptian Religion The Horuses appear in their earliest forms in late Predynastic Egypt. Predynastic Egypt his name is believed to mean "the high,

7 Isis is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian mythology and is celebrated as the ideal mother and wife, patron of nature and magic; friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, the downtrodden, as well as listening to the prayers of the wealthy, the maiden, the aristocrat and emperor. the goddess of the Overarching Sky, and was born on the fourth intercalary day. intercalary day

8 Osiris (Greek language, also Usiris; the Egyptian language name is variously transliterated Asar, Aser, Ausar, Ausir, Wesir, or Ausare) is the Egyptian god of life, death, and fertility.Greek languageEgyptian language Egyptian god Osiris is one of the oldest gods for whom records have been found and first appears in the Pyramid Texts around 2400 BC, when his cult is already well established. Pyramid Texts2400 BC


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