FOURTH GRADE ART:

ANCIENT EGYPT
AND THEIR GODS
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INTRODUCTION TO
ANCIENT EGYPT
Ancient Egypt was one of the greatest and most
powerful civilizations in the history of the world.
It lasted for over 3000 years from 3150 BC to 30
BC.
ABOUT EGYPTIAN PERIODS

Historians usually group the history of ancient

Egypt into three major kingdoms called the Old
Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New
Kingdom. It was during these times that ancient
Egypt was at its strongest. The times between
the Kingdoms are called intermediate periods.
 ABOUT EGYPT CULTURE

Ancient Egypt was rich in culture including

government, religion, arts, and writing. The
government and religion were tied together
as the leader of the government, the
Pharaoh, was also leader of the religion.
Writing was also important in keeping the
government running. Only scribes could
read and write and they were considered
powerful people.
ABOUT EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS

The pharaohs of Egypt were often buried in

giant pyramids or in secret tombs. They
believed that they needed treasure to be buried
with them to help them in the afterlife. As a
result, archeologists have a lot of well
preserved artifacts and tombs to examine in
order to find out how the ancient Egyptians
lived.
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Gods & Goddesses
 Ra

● Ra was the sun god and the most important god to the
Ancient Egyptians.
● Ra was drawn as a man with a hawk head and a
headdress with a sun disk.
● Ra was said to have created all forms of life and was
the supreme ruler of the gods.
 Isis
Isis was the mother goddess.

It was thought that she would protect and help people in

need.

Isis was linked to many different things. She was mostly

related to protection, healing, motherhood, children and
nature.

She was drawn as a woman with a headdress in the shape of a

throne.
 Osiris
Osiris was ruler of the underworld and god of the dead.

Osiris was drawn as a mummified man with a feathered

headdress.

Throughout their history the ancient Egyptians all believed

that Osiris was heavenly.

Osiris was placed in a very high position amongst the gods

and was equal to and, even sometime more superior than
the sun god Ra.
 Horus

Horus was the god of the sky.

He was drawn as a man with the head of a hawk.

The ruler of the Egyptians, Pharaoh, was thought to be the

living version Horus.
 Thoth
Thoth was the god of knowledge, wisdom, the moon and
hieroglyphs.

He blessed the Egyptians with writing, medicine, and

mathematics.

Thoth is drawn as a man with an Ibis bird head. Sometimes

he was represented as a baboon.

He did many jobs in Egyptian mythology including

maintaining the universe, settling of arguments among the
other Egyptian gods, and he judged those who would die.
Egyptian God Portrait
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