The Observation Of Ancient Egypt

When Egypt is mentioned, most people immediately think of Pharaohs, chariot rides, and hieroglyphics. However, ancient Egypt was much more complex than that. In fact, some Egyptian traditions were so innovative that Greece used them as a source of their own Greek practices. Bennett Schiff explains how complex the Egyptian culture was when they built the pyramids and wrote hieroglyphics. “Thus the key had been found to unlocking the written record of hieroglyphics that so precisely described the complexities and sophistication of ancient Egyptian civilization. Decipherment of the stone opened the door to the great series of excavations of Egypt's ancient tombs and pyramids” (Schiff). The Egyptians were so precise and exact; unfortunately their reign came to an end. However, when the Greeks came about, it became

The Egyptian were very meticulous about the dead. If a person died a certain way, it would affect how the took care of the body. This was to prepare each of them to be in front of the Gods themselves. “Whoever, either of the Egyptians themselves or a foreigner…has clearly come by his death by the action of the river itself, at whatever city he comes to land must, with the greatest concern, be embalmed and treated as well as ever is possible and be buried in a holy coffin” (Herodotus). The Egyptians also believed that the burial would prepare them for the afterlife. “At death, they believed a certain series of actions…would ensure the spirit's passage into the afterlife. Their idea of heaven was a place similar to life, in which all of one's desires and needs were met” (Cowan). The Greeks believed in the afterlife in a similar way. They believed that everyone would go to the afterlife and it also was very similar to real life. Clearly, they adopted this idea from the Egyptians, and without the Egyptians they would have a very different view on the