50 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT Ancient Egypt Written and Illustrated by Sean O’Neill Egypt O Mania Red Chair Press
Chapter 1 GODS & RELIGION Ancient Egypt The words bring to mind images of pyramids hieroglyphs and hidden treasure But there’s more to this ancient society than just Pharaoh’s 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 30 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 4
GODS & RELIGION 1 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 2 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 Good Old Grandpa Horus Grandpa 5
