Day-9 Egypt

Pharohs and Pharisees

• Life with Pharos was filled with murder,power,glory,and deciet.
• King tut was one of the most famous pharos of acient egypt. 
•  Pharaohs were considered to be both divine deities as well as mortal rulers.
• 170 or more rulers reigned over the great land of Egypt during a three thousand year time span. 
• The pharaoh was the political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'Lord of the Two Lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple'.
• As 'Lord of the Two Lands' the pharaoh was the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt. He owned all of the land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners. 
• As 'High Priest of Every Temple', the pharaoh represented the gods on Earth. He performed rituals and built temples to honour the gods.
• The title pharoh comes from the greek languageThe first real king of egypt was Nenes
• He ruled around 3100 bc.
• The word Pharoh means house,and is also reffered to a place in ancientEgypt.
• Pharaohs spent most of their lives preparing for their death.
• THey belived in afterlife
• Lots of pharpohs went to war to fight for land.
• In death the Pharoh would become one with osiris, god of the dead.
• Passing on his sacred powers to his son the new pharoh would represent Ossiris' son, Horus.
• pharohs were buried with their most prizzed possesions so they could have them in their afterlife. 
• Several women ruled as pharohs of egyptThree great non-consort queens of Egypt Hatshepsut, Sobeknefru, and Twosret, Hatshepsut and possibly others took the title pharaoh in the absence of an existing word for "Queen Regnant"
• The pharaoh also wore a striped headcloth called the nemes.\
•  The Egyptians saw the pharaoh as the mediator between the realm of the gods and the realm of humans.
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