These pyramids could not have been built through coercion or slavery, for such an architectural feat could only have been accomplished by a labor force of 70,000, and there is no possible way for a small group of rulers to force the people to Labor Day in and day out without some kind of reward in the afterlife. ... When the chief of a particular village came into state power, it was his local god that became a nationally-renowned state god. The first god to do this was Re, the sun-god. ... The divinity of the pharaoh was reduced in magnitude; he was no longer a god himself, but merely the...

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They kept a small number of cattle, sheep, or goats, and grew a few crops. ... The god Anubis held th! ... Jewelry was among the most popular things. ... Things painted were believ! ... Their art is what makes ancient Egyptians popular today among other things. ...

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Some people believe extra-terrestrial beings or a supernatural being (God) helped them. ... These smaller pyramids were usually too small to serve as tombs and their purpose still remains a mystery. ... The queens" pyramids were small, simple versions of the kings" pyramids. Sometimes they had small temples all their own. ... It still remains a mystery and we have yet find out if God had anything to do with the building of these majestic monoliths. ...

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She stands tall on a small brick platform. ... At first the philosophy was physical and asked what the final and irreducible constituent of things was. ... Most had a God that they believed in. ... They built many things including temples, theatres, and stadia. ... Which meant a god was human form with human thoughts and emotions but there physical features were of perfection. ...

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Some of them were even hired for small amounts of time strictly to help the building process, somewhat like employees. ... They had beliefs of Gods for all different things. ... The new pharaoh became Horus, god of the heavens and protector of the sun god." ... They have been discussed and examined for centuries, and today we are still discovering new things. ...

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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- We are all born small and grow up, so as everything in our life. ... In that case, human deeds play an important role in changing the nature, which God created, and we must not abuse it. ... For sure, fifty years ago they used primary ways in handling such things. ...

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Both Egypt and Mesopotamia were polytheistic, that is, they believed their worlds were ruled by more than one god. ... One story about a Sumerian boy, who was not doing well in school, tells of the kinds of small things children would be punished for, such as poor penmanship. ... "Hail, you who caused mankind to flourish, who come forth from Sais, I have never cursed God."" (Declaration of Innocence, ARC 9) This shows that the Ancient Egyptians knew that if they stole, lied, cursed the God, ect. they would not be let into the afterlife. ...

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Trace the consciousness and relationship of man, of his god, and his place in the world through art, architecture, literature, and music. ... The temple was where the particular god who watched over that community resided. ... Probably the most common of all things that someone recognizes as Greek are the Doric and Ionic columns that were built in this time. ... About 3000 years ago in the Middle East a small tribe that later grew to a great society, became the central source for the development of the west civilization. ... They also believed in a religious custom called monotheism, wh...

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As the sun slowly goes down, I was watching this beautiful sunset saying thanks to Ra god of the sun. ... I took home my bit of the harvest for my family, they really like eating my harvested food and making things from the flax and other crops. ... Now I went to go and get an offering for Hapi (Nile god), During the inundation flood, the we would throw offerings, amulets and other sacrifices into the Nile at certain places, sacred to Hapi, to ensure a food flood. ... It was now time to go to bed, so my wife and I put our son to bed and then I went to bed to get another great nights sleep for...

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