CLAA05H3 Lecture 3: Egyptian Gods and the Underworld
26 Oct 2015
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Egyptian gods: sometimes with animal head, human head, or their specific symbol, concept of ma at, one essential element in ancient egyptian life is the concept of ma"at, ma"at was both a goddess and. Isis is in mourning and she searches for the coffin for years: seth throws the coffin in the green sea (mediterranean) 11: the chest washes ashore and a tree grow around it, king of byblos does not know and cuts the tree down and uses it to build a pillar of his palace. Isis hears about it and travels and she becomes the nursemaid to the prince and she decided to make him immortal: the process is disrupted, seth finds the body and cuts him into many pieces. Isis tries to find the pieces and she couldn"t find one. 18: he becomes an important figure for egyptian, since osiris is dead, he leaves to the underworld to become king there, myth, king of the dead.
