¨Dedicated to me!¨

¨And me-¨

¨-Also me.¨

(A.k.a Kaylee, Tam, and Jeffrey)

(Inspired by the alice in wonderland script)

For the Egyptians, the afterlife was a very important part of everyday life. Egyptians had strong beliefs about Gods, Goddesses, and mythology. Egyptians painted and carved pictures, murals, and sculptures of Gods and Goddesses.

Our group chose Egyptian belief Afterlife because Jeffrey was interested in mummification, Tam was interested in beliefs and myths. And Kaylee has always had a natural interest in mythology, Greek or Egyptian!

In this essay, you will read topics about mythology and Egyptian Gods that majority of other groups have not thought of. Each of the three students has their own writing style and different ways of research and learning. The trio has worked long and hard to make sure that this book would meet the deadline, and that their assigned questions were answered.

Jeffrey. B

#1 What are gods?

Gods are the people of the dead. These people will test you if you are worthy to go to the afterlife but that's what Egypt thinks. When people think of gods they often think of Christ or any other religious gods. Gods are also known to give peace and hope.

Today we will be talking about the gods of Egypt. I hope you keep this info in your head it well come important later in the story. And so we can help you know a little more about gods and how they work in ancient Egypt.

The famous Sphinx

Kaylee. Y

#2: How would a Greek God compare and contrast to an Egyptian God?

For this question, I´ve chosen the Greek God, Hades, and the Egyptian God, Osiris.

Osiris is the Egyptian fertility god and later became the god of the underworld. He is shown as a bearded mortal mummy with green and black flesh. He holds a shepherd´s crook and whip and wears a cone-like white crown and ostrich feathers. Osiris is the son of the Egyptian Earth god, Geb. Osiris is a very popular character in Egyptian mythology.

Now, we have Hades. Hades inherited rule of the underworld and is the son of Cronus (a titan), and Rhea (the fertility goddess). Hades is the brother of Zeus, the king of the Gods. The Greeks did not devote any rituals to Hades, and few myths include Hades directly.

Now, there were a few things that I´ve found are alike between the two. Both are related to fertility gods and the underworld.

One could easily find the differences too. While Osiris was popular in mythology, Hades was included in few myths. There were different relations to fertility gods, also. Hades was the son of the fertility god, while Osiris is the fertility god.

In conclusion, the pair I´ve chosen have more differences than the facts they have alike. Although our results are not much of a surprise, I enjoyed researching the mythology and facts about Hades and Osiris.

The green path here represents the Nile river.

Kaylee. Y

#3 What would happen if there were only one god?

Without any research, anyone could easily infer that this would be a difficult task. The single god would have to take the roles of all the Egyptian gods present. We´re going to assume that this god would not have any special powers, and would only have the same abilities as all the Egyptian gods present.

After research, I´ve found that each god has more than one role in Egyptian mythology, life, and the afterlife. Just like Osiris, this god would have to control the underworld and fertility, and just like Anubis, they would have to control mummification and weigh the hearts of deceased mortals.

While doing that, the god would also have the control the sun, like Re, the moon, like Thoth, and the sky, like Horus.

All events listed are just a few of the roles Egyptian Gods , and there are much more to list, in fact, almost countless different Egyptian gods and goddesses. With all this power, this god would have to treat their role carefully. This god would have control over the whole atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and, geosphere, which could also be identified as the whole Earth in general. This god would control all chaos, war, fertility, the underworld, the afterlife, etc! No doubt, this god would obtain vast responsibility and power.

The rosetta stone translates into three languages; Greek, Coptic, and hieroglyphs.

Tam. T

#4 How are gods related to the Afterlife?

Ancient Egypt believed your soul split into two parts after you died, one part is the Ba, and the Ba flew off every morning to watch over your family. The other part called the Ka, flew off every morning to the land of two fields, to enjoy the afterlife. The Ka part of the soul was what we might call the life force of the god, or person. The ancient Egyptians thought that when someone died like a god, or a person the Ka, or the life force, would leave the physical body