Egypt

Question 1

The Nile River

Answer 1

The Nile River is the central river in Egypt

Question 2

Osiris

Answer 2

Originally a ruler of Egypt and considered a good king; Osiris has a brother named Set (the god of storms, foreigners, chaos, the desert), who was greedy and selfish. Set betrays Osiris and kills him in an attempt to claim the throne, and chops Osiris’s body up and distribute his parts along the nile, hoping he’s never to be assembled.

Question 3

Set

Answer 3

Osiris’s wife; When she finds out Osiris was mutilated, she attempts to find all the pieces of him → found all the pieces except for the phallus and then crafts a fake phallus. In the form of a bird, she has sex with the resurrected Osiris which then produces Horus

Question 4

Horus

Answer 4

The son of Osiris and Isis; As Horus grows up Set tries to get more involved with him, fighting each other, but sometimes do contests instead

Question 5

Wedjat

Answer 5

The eye of Horus after his eye got ripped out- Isis gets part of the moon to replace the eye creating the Wedjat, a symbol of power able to ward off evil to protect the wearer, to protect the pharaoh in the afterlife

Question 6

Ka, Ba and Akh

Answer 6

Believed after you die, your KA (life force) departs from your body
The BA (a second self) was another wart of your eternal self, usually depicted as a bird with a human head on top
(Ideally, the ka and ba would reunite after death to create the AKH which would only happen if the proper burial rites, prayers and offerings were performed)
The AKH was depicted as a kind of bird. It still has contact with the world of the living- could influence the living people for good or bad (ex. stop disputes or cause sickness)

Question 7

Opening of the Mouth Ceremony

Answer 7

A ceremony after mummification was complete to open the mouths of the dead. They used a special tool to open it, and believed that you are unable to eat or drink in the afterlife if the mouth is unopened.

Question 8

Boat of Ra

Answer 8

The dead were first ferriend by the God Ra on the Boat of Ra- the sun.
The boat carried the deceased to the west as the sun set and down into the underworld.

Question 9

Duat

Answer 9

The world of the dead was known as Duat, and looks near identical to Egypt and the Nile River

Question 10

Book of the Dead

Answer 10

A collection of spells/prayers to guide one through the underworld

Question 11

Anubis

Answer 11

A jackal headed god that would take the dead to face the crucial moment in the afterlife- considered friendly

Question 12

Psychopomp

Answer 12

Someone who accompanies dead souls to the afterlife, usually friendly

Question 13

Weighing of the Heart Ceremony

Answer 13

Ran by Osiris, the weighing of the heart ceremony takes place in a courtroom to defend your life and if you lived a good life or not. One side of the scale is your heart and the plaque you accumulate from doing bad deeds- The other side is the divine feather of Ma’at

Question 14

Ma’at

Answer 14

Ma’at represents things such as truth, justice and peace- Ma’at was the Goddess of truth and justice

Question 15

Ammit

Answer 15

the devourer of the dead / eater of hearts; if ones heart weighs more than Ma’at’s feather, then he consumes the person, ending their existence.

Question 16

Sekhet Aaru

Answer 16

The Egyptian afterlife- Aaru was though to be in the east, near where the sun rises and was very much like the nile river delta. Life in Aaru was not different than life in Egypt

Question 17

Shabti

Answer 17

A human statuette placed in ones tomb that becomes the owner’s servant in Aaru