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Religion in Ancient Egypt

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Amun-Ra
The ancient Egyptian god of the sun and air, usually depicted as a bearded man wearing a headdress with a double plume.
Clergy
A body of people, both men and women, who performed religious functions.
Heka
The god of magic and medicine in ancient Egypt and also the personification of magic itself.
High Priest
A powerful member of the clergy named by the king/pharaoh to oversee a cult or temple.
Horus
A sky god in ancient Egyptian mythology often depicted as a hawk or man with the head of a hawk.
Isis
An ancient Egyptian goddess considered the mother of every pharaoh.
Ma'at
The ancient Egyptian goddess of truth, justice, harmony, and balance, who is often depicted with a white ostrich feather.
Mummification
A preservation process consisting of the drying or embalming the flesh of a deceased body.
Negative Confessions
A list of 42 sins which the soul of the deceased can honestly say it has never committed when it stands in judgment in the afterlife.
Osiris
The Egyptian Lord of the Underworld and Judge of the Dead, brother-husband to Isis, and one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt.
Ostraca
Broken pottery pieces used to write or draw on, used for prayer in ancient Egypt.
Set
An ancient Egyptian god associated with disorder, foreign lands and people, and the color red.
Wab
The lowest level of priest in ancient Egypt, tasked with the mundane duties necessary for temple or shrine upkeep.
Wedjat
A protective symbol said to imitate the eye of Horus.
Weighing of the Heart of the Soul
A ceremony performed after death to gain entrance into the afterlife.
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