the nile river the nile is the world’s longest river at over 4,100 miles it is the only river in...

THE RIVER OF LIFE: THE RISE OF ANCIENT EGYPT

The Nile River

The Nile is the world’s longest river at over 4,100 miles

It is the only river in the world that flows north

The Nile regularly flooded between June and September, depositing rich mud along the shores Allowed farming and irrigation to

develop in the middle of the eastern Sahara

Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

More Gods

Two Last Gods

Gods and Goddesses

Osiris: God of the Underworld Isis: Goddess of Motherhood and Fertility Horus: God of Kings, the Sky, and Vengeance

(Falcon) Anubis: God of Cemeteries, Embalming, and

Mummies (Jackal) Thoth: God of Man and Wisdom (Ibis – a bird) Set: God of Storms and Chaos (Don’t know

what he is) Amun: God of Creation, as Amun-Re, God of

the Sun

The Story of Osiris and Isis

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