Bricks History 1 Chapter 2.4: Gods of Egypt

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

You will learn about:

1. The most important Gods of Egypt
2. Book of the dead
3. Mummification
4. Tombs

Where do Egyptians
have gods for?

What's the link between Osiris and Anubis?

Which god had the head of a jackal?

1. Anubis, God of the dead
2. Anubis, God of the sun
3. Thot, god of the moon
4. Thot, God of wisdom

Which goddess was depicted as a pregnant hippo?

1. Sekhmet, Goddess of war
2. Sekhmet, Goddess of childbirth
3. Tawaret, Goddess of war
4. Tawaret, Goddess of childbirth

Which god is depicted here?

1. Osiris, God of the afterlife
2. Ra, God of the Sun
3. Sobek, God of the Nile
4. Horus, God of light

In the social pyramid, which layer were priests in?

1. Second layer
2. Third layer
3. Fourth layer
4. Fifth layer

Name 2 things you have learned today!

Anubis

Sobek

Osiris

Breakout rooms

• Breakout rooms of three for 15 minutes
• Together read the text: 'Obsessed by death' in your book
• Write down words no one knows the meaning of
• Return to main room

Homework: Hand in PIF-list on it's learning!

Obsessed by death

According to an Egyptian myth, the wise god Osiris was promised to become the king of gods by Ra, his father. But this made his brother Set jealous. Set lured Osiris into a trap, murdered him and cut his body into pieces. Then Set spread the body parts to all the corners of Egypt.

Isis, Osiris’ wife was terribly sad when she heard this and she started on a journey. She found all the body parts and put them back together in order to mummify his complete body. Thanks to this, Osiris became god of the afterlife.

The Egyptians believed that when they died, they had to ask Osiris for the entrance to the paradise where the gods lived. But getting to paradise was not easy. The dead had to travel through the underworld, face terrible monsters and repeat difficult spells. To prepare themselves for this journey the Egyptians wrote all the rules down in the Book of the Dead.

Which god can you see on the left?

Which god can you see in this part of the book?

1. Anubis
2. Thoth
3. Osiris
4. Ra

Which gods can you see in this part of the book?

1. Sobek and Thoth
2. Anubis and Osiris
3. Thoth and Horus
4. Horus and Osiris

Osirus welcomes the deceased

Ammit could eat you

Anubis takes you to the scales

Horus takes you to osiris

Name two things they take out of a dead body before mummifying the deceased

Which word of the text explains why they mummified animals as well?

What's the biggest difference if you compare the Egyptian religion to modern religions as Islam or Christianity?