death in ancient egyptian culture

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Introduction

Death as it existed in the ancient Egypt , like many other countries around the Mesopotamia region was sacred , revered and celebrated . Death was viewed as transitionary rather than an end , something that led to it pre-occupying an important place in the ancient Egyptian 's way of life This discusses how death was interpreted in ancient Egypt and how it was interlinked to religion , culture , art , architecture , law and even the technology of the ancient people . It is not possible to refer to

br Egypt without inferring the name of the Nile River , the river that all of Egypt 's ancient economy was anchored

The Egyptian homes were constructed differently to match one 's social status as was the clothing and jewellery , depending on how wealthy or poor one was . The food supplies came from river Nile and it was mainly beer and bread . In terms of art , the Egyptians were experts in hieroglyphics in which vowels and punctuation were not used [Aldred 1986 .90-123] . Hieroglyphics were used to represent actions and ideas Art was influenced by religion and this served to underpin the importance and relevance of the art to Egyptians [Scott , Joseph Leonore , 1974 . 78-94 .]

The ancient inhabitants of Egypt depended on the Nile water for food in form of crop cultivation and fishing activities as well as for the building and construction purposes that was widely tied to using the Nile river as the sole source of water for construction of bricks domestic purposes , as well as reeds used for roofing . It was the Nile River that was the mainstay of the people and determined everything in Egyptian 's life from religion to technological advancement

The now famous pyramids were constructed from bricks whose water was drawn from the Nile River . The ancient Egypt civilization can be dated back to 3000 BC [Spencer , 1982 .40-57] . The Egyptian 's technological advancement and prowess is evidenced by the fact that Egypt 's technology was so complex that today Egypt contributes a large percentage of archeological artifacts currently on display in most museums around the world

Religion in the ancient Egypt formed a very important part of the society . In fact , the whole society was expected to adhere to some religious customs . Many happenings in the lives of the people were given religious meanings from hunger and sickness , to death and war [Romano 1984 .30-31] . The Egyptian society practiced a polytheistic religion whereby many gods were recognizable and such would take forms of animals or human beings [Romano , 1984 .23-31] . To Egyptians Atum was the god responsible for life Shu the goddess of air , Nut the goddess of the sky , Geb the god of the earth , Osiris was the god of vegetation [Spencer , 1982 .45-78] . All the above gods and goddesses were linked in a way to the Pharaoh 's , the rulers of the ancient Egypt . Other gods included Amum , the god of Thebes who represented the people and was responsible for ensuring that...