Ancient Egyptian Gods

investigation..
- Work in groups of four to investigate the
names of the following 10 gods, using the
site http://discoveringegypt.com/ancientegyptian-gods-and-goddesses/ . Read the
descriptions on the fact cards, as this will
give you hints!
- Once your group has found all of the gods,
you must race to Miss. Barnes to have your
answers checked. The first group to find all
10 gods correctly wins a prize next lesson.

Once completed find a different god that you

think is interesting and make a fact card
(blank card attached on last page).

Ancient Egyptian Gods

Investigation

God: Anubis

God: Osiris

Power: God of mummification

Power: God of the dead and of
Description: Jackal head,
the Nile floodDescription:
human body Family: Father is
Green skin, human head, wears
SetFun fact: According to
a crownFamily: Married to Isis
Ancient Egyptian belief, when
(his sister), brother is SetFun
you died you had your heart
fact: The evil Set killed
weighed to see how true it
__________ by tricking him to get
was. ___________was in charge of
into a lead box, which Set
the scales that weighed your
sealed and then threw into the
heart.
Nile.

Ancient Egyptian Gods

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God: Ra

Goddess: Isis

Power: Perfect mother, god of

Power: God of the
sun and magicDescription:
nature
Description: Hawk head,
Human head with cow horns
human body, sun disk
and sun disk, human body
headdressFamily: Bastet
is his
Family:
Married to Osiris, son is
daughterFun fact: According
to
HorusFun fact: In one myth the
Ancient Egyptian belief,
at Set
the chopped Osiris dead
evil
end of each day ___body
was into 14 parts and spread
swallowed by Nut the them
goddess
around Egypt. ________
of night. He was probably
the
collect all the parts and put him
most important god.
together again.

Ancient Egyptian Gods

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God: Horus
Power: Protector of Egypt, god
Goddess: Bastet
of war Description: Falcon
head, human body, crown up
Power: Goddess of cats
uppercat
and lower EgyptFamily:
Description: Human body,
Mother Isis, father OsirisFun
head Family: Father is RaFun
fact: a
In Egyptian mythology,
fact: _________ was originally
__________
lioness goddess - but when
cats was always fighting
the evil
became popular as pets
in Set who killed his father.
Egypt between 2000-1000 BCE,
she became a cat goddess.

Ancient Egyptian Gods

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Goddess: Set

God: Throth

Power: God of chaos and

Power: God of knowledge and
storms Description: Animal
writing Description: Ibis head,
head (animal unknown), human
human body Family: His wife is
bodyFamily: Son is AnubisFun
MaatFun fact: _________ was
fact: Because _____ is the god
always sorting out the problems
of chaos he was always fight his
between the evil Set and
brother Osiris and he nephew
whoever he was fighting.
Horus. The modern name Seth
_________ made sure that no one
comes from
really won - and that everything
_________.
balanced out. He also helped
Isis put the pieces of her
husband back together.

Ancient Egyptian Gods

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Make
your
God: Mayet

God: Hapi

Power: Goddess of truth and

Power: God of the Nile
justice Description: Human
Description: Crocodile head,
head and body Family:
human
Husband is ThothFun
fact:body
In Family: -Fun fact:
__________ has a reputation for
ancient Egyptian mythology,
being
violent and chaotic. In
when you died and had
your
some myths
heart weighed by Anubis,
it was he is called he who
loves robbery.
Some people
weighed against the feather
of
__________ by
_________ (which you canworshipped
see her
him mummified
wearing). If your heartoffering
was
crocodile eggs.
heavier than the feather, you
were unworthy of entering the
underworld and were devoured
by a hideous goddess.

own.

God:
Power:
Description:
Family:
Fun fact: