RLGA02H3 Chapter 2: Religions of the Ancient World
Document Summary
A greek phrase meaning to honour the gods by participating in customary practices means the same thing as the roman word religio. The fifth century bce greek known as father of history , who in his histories described the religious practices of numerous peoples. The actual title translates as the coming forth by day : coffin texts: texts (essentially spells based on earlier. Pyramid texts) inscribed on the coffins of non-royal elite. Egyptians during the middle kingdom, intended to protect the dead traversing the netherworld and to secure an afterlife comparable to that of the (divinized) dead rulers. Pyramid texts: incantations (literally utterances ) originally carved on the walls of the royal burial suites of several late old kingdom rulers. Recited by priests during the burial ritual, and later funerary cult rituals, to guarantee the resurrection and well-being of dead rulers.
