Religion Egyptian religion was based on the worship of many deities. These people had about 2000 gods and goddesses. Often the god were represented as part human and part animal.An example would be Amon-Ra and Osiris. Amon-Ra was believe to be the sun God and the Lord of the universe, and Osiris was the God of the underworld. They also believed that the pharaoh ,or King ,was between gods and humans and when he died he became a God himself.
One of the most famous cats deity was Bust ,and there were a number of God's who associated with cats. Cats were also believe to be the guardians of the underworld.
In ancient Egypt, government revolved heavily around a single figure, the Pharaoh, who the people believed to be a living god. This status basically granted the pharaoh (who was, in almost all cases, a man) with limitless power and control over his subjects. The type of government in ancient Egypt was a theocracy. Even in the New Kingdom, when Akhenaton forced the people to put aside the 'old gods' in favor of a single god, religion and government were tightly entwined.The government structure of ancient Egypt involved other officials, including viziers, army commanders, chief treasurers, the minister of public works, and tax collectors.
Daily life in ancient Egypt revolved around the Nile and the fertile land along it. The yearly flooding of the Nile enriched the soil and brought good crops and wealth to the land. The people of ancient Egypt built mudbrick homes in villages and in the country. They grew some of their own food and traded in the villages for the food and goods they could not produce. Most ancient Egyptians worked as field hands, farmers, craftsmen and scribes. A small group of people were nobles. Together, these different groups of people made up the population of ancient Egypt.
The 'black land' was the fertile land on the banks of the Nile. The ancient Egyptians used this land for growing their crops. This was the only land in ancient Egypt that could be farmed because a layer of black silt was placed there every year after the Nile flooded.
The 'red land' was the barren desert that protected Egypt on two sides. These deserts separated ancient Egypt from neighbouring countries and invading armies. They also provided the ancient Egyptians with a source for precious metals and semi-precious stones.