They relied on the nature around them to help understand their place in the universe and their mythology centred itself on the things closest to the Egyptians, the sun, the earth, the sky and the Nile. ... During the Amarna period subjects were given unusual facial and bodily features, a new canon of proportions served to exaggerate the physical extremes. ... The Egyptians tended to use religion and mythology as a substitute for science, but when we look at the process of mummification and the removal of the internal organs within this process, we can see that this would have required tremen...

• Word Count: 1800
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They relied on the nature around them to help understand their place in the universe and their mythology centred itself on the things closest to the Egyptians, the sun, the earth, the sky and the Nile. ... During the Amarna period subjects were given unusual facial and bodily features, a new canon of proportions served to exaggerate the physical extremes. ... The Egyptians tended to use religion and mythology as a substitute for science, but when we look at the process of mummification and the removal of the internal organs within this process, we can see that this would have required tremen...

• Word Count: 1803
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is difficult to completely tell the symbols of the Egyptians temples, "This is because Egypt's mythology was complex, many-faceted and replete with different, and even contradictory, ways of viewing the same facts". ... The ancient Egyptians built many temples during the course of their period in history. ... The labor of countless people during a period of many years, sometimes many decades was also crucial for the construction of the temples. ... The inner court and vestibule were possible one at this period, and were enclosed with the sanctuary in the hut". ...

• Word Count: 2463
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• Grade Level: High School