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By: Josie – Jonah – R.J. – Sirena - Parker
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The Priests are a high rank in the social structure. They help to run the city through there religious beliefs. We will take you on tour of a day and a life in of a priest in ancient Egypt.
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Like many high ranked government officials, Priest were highly respected and powerful in these ancient empires. A large amount of priest served under the pharaoh, who was the most respected, most powerful type of person in the Egyptian empire.
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Priest had many jobs. One of these jobs was to honor there temples god or god’s. The temple god lived inside a statue in a sacred sanctuary. The priest would go through process to cleansed himself. This process included many things such as bathing in holy water three to four times a day and avoiding certain lower quality food.
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The status of the priests of Ancient Egypt had made them very powerful, very popular, and very wealthy. Their power simply could have made an Egyptian possibly bow, or at least acknowledge, anywhere in the Egyptian empire, from a large temple to a small simple village.
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Every Egyptian believed in afterlife. They believed that a persons body remain with his or hers sprit. The Egyptians used a method called embalming to preserve bodies from decaying. This was the job of a Priest to oversee the ritual.
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Step 1: They removed the bodies organs such as the brain, lungs and liver. They use hooks to pull the brain out through the nostrils. They leave the heart because they believe that the gods use it to judge there dead soul Step 1: They removed the bodies organs such as the brain, lungs and liver. They use hooks to pull the brain out through the nostrils. They leave the heart because they believe that the gods use it to judge there dead soul Step 2: They tightly pack the organs in jars to preserve them. Step 2: They tightly pack the organs in jars to preserve them. Step 3: They dry the body and organs out with a salt called Natron Step 3: They dry the body and organs out with a salt called Natron Step 4: After 70 the washed and oiled body get wrapped in over a hundred yard of linen Step 4: After 70 the washed and oiled body get wrapped in over a hundred yard of linen Step 5: The embalmers decorate the mummy and put a black, gooey gum over the person and wrap it for the final time. Step 5: The embalmers decorate the mummy and put a black, gooey gum over the person and wrap it for the final time. Step 6: They are put in a coffin called a sarcophagus and buried with food, drinks, furniture or any other thing a person in the afterlife might need. Step 6: They are put in a coffin called a sarcophagus and buried with food, drinks, furniture or any other thing a person in the afterlife might need.
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No, you do need a good amount of money, but even the poor buried the dead with a loaf of bread for there afterlife.
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A. Epson salt B. Sea salt C. Natron salt D. Kitchen salt
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Third Level
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A. Pray to the temples god B. Make sure the empires running right C. Bury dead people as a ritual D. Both A & C
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A. Shave it B. Not cut it C. Grow it to a certain length D. None of the above
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A. Natron B. Embalmer C. Sarcophagus D. Harcophangus
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