Egypt

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Predynastic

Period (5200

BC to 2700

BC): First

settlers of the

Nile Valley

hunt and fish,

later switch to

farming.

Many kings

rule the

several

districts

spread

throughout

Egypt. A

single

leader

conquers

and unifies

all of Egypt

under one

rule.

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Earliest Egyptian gods and goddesses in all of

the individual nomes were nature dieties

Element God/Goddess

•Sun Atum

•Air Shu

•Water Tefnut

•Earth Geb

•Sky Nut

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At first, there was only Nun. Nun was the

dark waters of chaos.

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One day, a hill rose up out of the waters.

This hill was called Ben-Ben.

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On this hill stood Atum, the first god.

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Atum coughed and spat out Shu, the god

of the air, and Tefnut, the goddess of

moisture.

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Shu and Tefnut had two children. First,

there was Geb, the god of the earth. Then,

there was Nut, the goddess of the sky.

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Nut Atum

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Nut Geb

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Nut Thoth

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Khensu

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Shu lifted Nut up so that she became a

canopy over Geb.

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•In ancient myths, Geb (the earth) and

his wife Nut (the sky) were snuggled

up to each other so closely that there

was no space between them for the

sun to travel.

•So Re, the god of the sun, ordered

their father Shu (god of the air) to

come between them, separating the

pair with a violent storm.

•Shu held Nut up away from the

ground to create air space in which the

sun could travel.

•Darkness came daily, whenever Shu

let her down, but every morning she

was lifted off of Geb all over again.

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Nut and Geb had four children named

Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephthys.

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Osiris was the king of the earth and Isis

was the queen. Osiris was a good king,

and he ruled over the earth for many

years.

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Osiris Isis Seth Nephthys Osiris

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However, everything was not well. Seth

was jealous of Osiris because he wanted

to be the ruler of the earth. He grew

angrier and angrier until one day he killed

Osiris.

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Osiris went down into the underworld and

Seth remained on earth and became king.

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Osiris and Isis had one son called Horus.

Horus battled against Seth and regained

the throne. After that, Horus was the king

of the earth and Osiris was the king of the

underworld.

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Horus

Anubis Anubis

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Horus

Anubis Anubis