Egyptian Religion Notesheet
Task: During the lecture/discussion make sure to answer the question with details. Always look for facts
and examples to add to your notes.
Slide # 1 Polytheism
1) What role did the pharaoh play in Egyptian religious life?
The Pharoes were reffered to as god-like and descendants of important religious figures.
Slide # 2 Geography and Religion
1) How important was geography to the Egyptian religion?
The gods were belived to be able to controll the weather
Slide # 3 Video (4 minutes) Basics of Egyptian Religion
1) Their religious structutre explained their entire life and every event was associated with a
specific god
2) The pharoes were considered to be related to gods or decendents
3) The gods were believed to be much like humans they were believed to have wants
needs desires and relationships.
4) The egyptian society’s religion was ever changing an dthey had an everchanging belief
system
Slide # 4 Religion and agriculture
1) How did religion impact daily life?
Religion was a large part of daily life, the weather was considered to be caused by the
gods,
Slide # 5 Amon-Re
He is the chief god of ancient egyptians he was responsible as to protect all people, he was
believed to be reborn every day with the rising sun, the west where the sun sets is believed to
be the home of the dead.
Slide # 6 The Afterlife
1) How did treatment of bodies demonstrate a belief in the afterlife?
The afterlife was a place that egyprians believed that you would go to once you die.
Mummificaton was how the bodies were preserved and spared from decay, the egyptians were
provided/buried with everything that they would need for their journey to the afterlife.
Task: During the lecture/discussion make sure to answer the question with details. Always look for facts
and examples to add to your notes.
Slide # 1 Polytheism
1) What role did the pharaoh play in Egyptian religious life?
The Pharoes were reffered to as god-like and descendants of important religious figures.
Slide # 2 Geography and Religion
1) How important was geography to the Egyptian religion?
The gods were belived to be able to controll the weather
Slide # 3 Video (4 minutes) Basics of Egyptian Religion
1) Their religious structutre explained their entire life and every event was associated with a
specific god
2) The pharoes were considered to be related to gods or decendents
3) The gods were believed to be much like humans they were believed to have wants
needs desires and relationships.
4) The egyptian society’s religion was ever changing an dthey had an everchanging belief
system
Slide # 4 Religion and agriculture
1) How did religion impact daily life?
Religion was a large part of daily life, the weather was considered to be caused by the
gods,
Slide # 5 Amon-Re
He is the chief god of ancient egyptians he was responsible as to protect all people, he was
believed to be reborn every day with the rising sun, the west where the sun sets is believed to
be the home of the dead.
Slide # 6 The Afterlife
1) How did treatment of bodies demonstrate a belief in the afterlife?
The afterlife was a place that egyprians believed that you would go to once you die.
Mummificaton was how the bodies were preserved and spared from decay, the egyptians were
provided/buried with everything that they would need for their journey to the afterlife.
