9: GODS AFTER DEATH

Exam 1 Wednesday October 12

Format similar to quiz

Exam 1: based around material in lecture again

Factual, multiple choice, short answer, ID

Gods, people, places, things, concepts
Egyptian terms

NOTE: Prof. Wilfong out of town Oct. 6-9, out of email contact

Today: catching up
Monday: the Amarna Period

Recap:
King as intermediary between gods and people

Temple as location of cult, “official” religion

Daily ritual with cult image

Priests: day-to-day, local
King: national, builds temples

Death of king

Parallel of Osiris

Mummification

Mortuary cult of king

King (Osiris) has to die for new king (Horus)

Funerary religion --> Afterlife

Netherworld

Kingdom of Osiris

Place where sun goes at night

Death --> rebirth

Sun's nighttime voyage through Netherworld

Book of Caverns

Six caverns

Re and Osiris

Early gods of the dead:
Osiris
Khenty-imentiu
Sokar

Cult of Osiris at Abydos

"Mysteries of Osiris"

Images

Lamentations of Isis & Nephthys

Marriage of Horus of Edfu and Hathor of Dendara

New Year rituals of renewal