Sean ONeill - 50 Things You Didnt Know about Ancient Egypt

THINGS YOU DIDNT KNOW ABOUT

Written and Illustrated by Sean ONeill

Things You Didnt Know About is produced and published by Red Chair Press: www.redchairpress.com

Publishers Cataloging-In-Publication Data

Names: O'Neill, Sean, 1968- author, illustrator.

Title: things you didn't know about. Ancient Egypt / written and illustrated by Sean O'Neill.

Other Titles: things you didn't know about Ancient Egypt | Fifty things you didn't know about Ancient Egypt | Ancient Egypt

Description: [South Egremont, Massachusetts] : Red Chair Press, [2020] | Series: things you didn't know about | Interest age level: 007-010. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: "All about Pharaohs, daily life ... and death ... in Ancient Egypt. Discover 3,000 years of an ancient civilization in amazing and amusing facts about daily life, afterlife, and how the rulers kept it all under control."-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: ISBN 9781634407922 (library hardcover) | ISBN 9781634408042 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Egypt--Civilization--To B.C.--Juvenile literature. | Egypt--Social life and customs--To B.C.--Juvenile literature. | CYAC: Egypt--Civilization--To B.C. | Egypt--Social life and customs--To B.C.

Classification: LCC DT49 .O54 2020 (print) | LCC DT49 (ebook) | DDC 932/.01 [E]--dc23

LCCN: 2019931708

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TABLE of CONTENTS

CHAPTER

GODS & RELIGION

A ncient Egypt . The words bring to mind images of pyramids, hieroglyphs , and hidden treasure. But theres more to this ancient society than just Pharaohs tombs filled with gold. The empire we refer to as ancient Egypt was a complex civilization that existed in the Nile river valley between the years 3100 B.C.E. and B.C.E.over three thousand years!

Egyptians, like the Greeks and Romans, worshiped many different gods. They also created elaborate stories about the creation of the universe as well as what they believed happened after death.

The ancient Egyptians had over 2,000 gods. Many were depicted as humans with animal heads, such as Anubis, with the head of a jackal, Sobek with the head of a crocodile, and Babi, with the head of a baboon.

The name Horus, who has the head of a falcon, means He who is far above. All pharaohs considered themselves to be descendants of Horus.

GODS & RELIGION

The most revered Egyptian goddess was Hathor, a woman with cows horns and a solar disk on her head.

Egyptians had many creation stories. They believed the universe was created when the great god Atum sneezed out Shu, god of air, and spat out Tefnut, goddess of moisture. The god Sobek is believed to have created the rivers of the world with his sweat. Gross!

It was believed that after death you traveled to an underworld called Duat, which was filled with snakes, lakes of fire, and executioners!

Egyptians believed many elements of a person lived on after death, including their Ba, which was their head on the body of a hawk.

GODS & RELIGION