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Egyptian Flashcards

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Nut

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Egyptian
Sky goddess
Star covered
Crescent above Geb
Granddaughter of Atum
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Egyptian gods

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Geb, Nut, 
Osiris, 
Set, 
Isis, 
Horus, 
Anubis, 
Ptah, 
Akhenaten
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Atum’s grandchildren

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Nut

Geb

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Depicted as star covered human crescent shape

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Nut

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Egyptian sky goddess

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Nut

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Geb

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Egyptian
God of earth
Below but in pics
Grandson of Atum

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Egyptian god of earth

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Geb

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Grandson of Atum

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Geb

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Osiris

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Son of Geb and Nut
Lord of the Dead
Wore two crowns
-upper/lower Egypt 
Human form
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Egyptian Lord of the Dead

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Osiris

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Depiction of Osiris

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Human form wearing 2 crowns representing upper and lower Egypt

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Children of Geb and Nut

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Osiris
Set
Isis
Anubis

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Set

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Depicted as animal (jackal?)
Jealous
Killed and dismembered his brother

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Isis

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Wife/sister of Osiris
Finds Osiris’ body parts
-Anubis puts them together

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Killed and dismembered his brother, Osiris

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Set

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Osiris’ wife

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Found Osiris’ body parts

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Put Osiris back together

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Anubis

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God of embalming
Puts Osiris back together
Depicted as a jackal

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Horus

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Symbol of the reigning pharaoh
2 crowns
Unk symbol of life
Osiris’ son

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Symbol of the reigning pharaoh

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Osiris’ son who took ever power

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Ptah

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Creator god of Memphis, Egypt
Created by his word
They placed him at the top of the lineage

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Creator god of Memphis

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Created by his word

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Akhenaten

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Pharaoh
Worships Aten
-the sun disk
Father if tut 
Tried to create monotheist culture
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Pharaoh who tried to turn Egypt monotheistic

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Aten

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