Religion of the Pharaohs

Study Guide for Intro to Egyptian Religious Beliefs

Study Tips:

1. Start with the website, then the readings in Shafer book. Then go to the stories in Lichtheim, NEW KINGDOM Egyptian texts vol. 2 (NOT Old Kingdom). They will be easier to understand once you’ve read descriptions of them in the other book.

2. Don’t try to memorize all the gods and goddesses mentioned in articles in the readings. Instead, note the aspects of the following major gods and goddesses. You can go to the Met Museum website to see some of their depictions in art so that you can recognize their features:

Isis

Osiris

Horus

Hathor

Amun

Atum

Re/Ra

Maat

Seth

Thoth

Anubis

3. We will act out some of the myths in class.