p1ch3culture

Name: Courtney Boyer

 * **Theme** || **How does this theme apply to your civilization?** ||
 * Religions || * Under the rule of Pharaoh Amenhotep(Akhenaten)IV, ruled 1353-1335 b.c.e. Aten was considered to be the one and only true God, and Egypt took and a monotheistic religion.
 * Other cults include the cult of Osiris and the cult of Amon-Re. ||
 * Belief Systems, philosophies, and ideologies || * Egyptians believed that life was like the agricultural cycle in which crops grow, die, and come to life again because many believed in life after death.
 * Egyptians believed that Pharaohs were Gods on earth and the absolute rulers of the land. ||
 * Science and Technology || * Egypt developed mansonry that allowed them to build immense and grand structures.
 * Egypt also developed sophisticated iron and bronze metallurgy. ||
 * The arts and architecture || * In the pyramids there was often paintings of the Pharaoh's family, deeds, and servants.
 * The Egyptian temples often had hieroglyphic inscriptions and were lavishly decorated. ||