Religion

• Important in Ancient Egyptian life.
• Polytheistic.
• At least 2000 gods and goddesses.
• Temples were dwelling places of the gods.
• Everywhere.
• Each city had a temple for the god of that city.
• Communicate with gods there.
• Priests.
• Deaths and Funerals: 
• Deaths as transitional phase.
• Better life in next world.
• Three souls:
• Ka, Ba, Akh.
• Body has to be intact for souls to function.
• Embalming.
• prayers.
• final attempt to revive.
• washed and purified in ibu.
• in the wabet, the embalmer's workshop, organs were removed, bodies were packed with salt called natron for forty days, afterwards they were filled with linen or sawdust, resin and natron.
• The body was wrapped with jewelry and amulets in between.
• A portrait mask was placed on the head.
• The body was placed in a coffin.
• After 70 days, the mummy was placed in a decorated coffin.
• Furniture, carved statues, games, food and other things useful in the next life were buried with the mummy.
• Tomb sealed after placing the mummy into the sarcophagus.
• Story of Gods and Goddesses