Section B: Mid length Answers

Question 1

Explain the mechanisms of oracles, How did they work?

Answer 1

Used to confirm god’s approval or advice.
Normally spoken or written to a cult statue.
In festival the cult statue would move backward or forward to indicate yes or no in answer to the question.

Question 2

How did ‘Letters to the Dead’ work for the living Egyptians?

Answer 2

They were inscribed on bowls, filled with offerings. Addressed to the recently deceased requesting help for the living in the afterlife.

Question 3

Describe New Kingdom architecture

Answer 3

1. Temple pylons imitate the wadi
2. Hypostyle hall- primeval waters
3. Gets more sacred, narrower and darker closer to sanctuary
   Mirrors the natural

Question 4

What does the king do in order to keep the world in good working order?

Answer 4

Maintains ma’at by enacting daily rituals with king as chief priest and the temple as a machine for preservation of the universe.

Question 5

Difference between Heliopolitan and Memphite cosmogony

Answer 5

1. Bodily fluid of Atum, in which Shu and Tefnut born out of, then the rest of the world.
2. Ptah thought and spoke the world into existence, also setting up a moral code