Who the Ancient Egyptians mummified

The Pharoes

Mummification continued to be widely practiced throughout Egypt, during the Ptolomic period. During theis time period, we find that the most well preserved mummys are the Pharoes. Some of the most famous mummies are Tutankhamen, Seti I, and Ramses II. Join us for the adventure as we explore these pharoes and the tombs that they have been sent into to live a life after death.




Akhenaten

In 1300 BC, a Pharoh named Amhotep IV tried to reduce the power of the priests in the Egyptian goverment by changing the worship of many gods into the worship of one god named Aton. Aton was represented by the sun. The pharoh then took the name Akenaton, meaning "It is well with the sun." Throughout his rule, he spoke of Aton as the creator of the universe, God of love, Justic and Peace. Akenaton tried to put egyptian religious thought in a different direction, and at the same time have hiself considered a God. The priests opposed Akenatons religion, and gained few folowers. Akenaton died around 1360 BC, and his nine-year old son Tutenkamon became pharoh. Tutenkamon destroyed his fathers form of religion and its monuments.

tutenkamon

Tutenkamon went to the throne about 1333 BC. He was burried in a solid gold coffin and weighed 280 IBs. Because of the artifacts found in his tomb, Tutenkamon is the most famous of all of the pharoes mummified. Tutekamon's name was origionaly Tutankaton in favor of the god Aton during his fathers rein. After his fathers death, he was forced to change his name to Tutenkamon because of the demand of the priests. Many of the carving found in Tutenkamon's tomb show his wife Ankhessanamon, daughter of Ankenaton and closely related to Tutenkamon. When Howard carter uncovered Tutenkamon's coffin, a withered wreath of flowers lay on its lid, perhaps a last gift from his wife Ankhessanamon who is found in any pictures holding hands and sharing food with Tutenkamon.


Life After Death

Connected beliefs of birth and death, rising and setting of the sun, and the yearly flooding of the nile river. In the afterlife, people would do thins most enjoyed to do. They acheved this by carfully preserving the body the human bodys before burial. Usually an account of the persons life,illistrated and known as the book of the dead was placed in the tob along with all of the persons belongings.The poor usually had handfulls of food trown in, and the rich usually had anything that they felt was neccecary for the afterlife.