ANCIENT EGYPT
By Mate and Santi 4th A 2014
One of the most mysterious places in ancient Egypt was the inside of a temple. Very few people were allowed to see the inside. You, however, are one of the lucky ones. Today you will have the chance to wander around an ancient Egyptian temple and learn some of its secrets.
If you look straight ahead you can see the doorways into the rooms beyond the courtyard. Each of these room is more sacred than the one before. Ordinary ancient Egyptians could not go into the temple. On the rest of the days of the years, they were not even allowed to enter the courtyard. A row of palm columns surrounds the courtyard and another pylon is the gateway into the next room. Stand in the doorway and look into the next hall.
The pylon was the large gate at the front of the temple. The walls of the pylon were decorated with carved and painted scenes of the pharaoh, gods and goddesses. In front of the pylon were obelisks and large statues of the pharaoh.
The ancient Egyptians believed that temples were the homes of the gods and goddesses. Every temple was dedicated to a god or goddess and he or she was worshipped there by the temple priests and the pharaoh.
The large temple buildings were made of stone so that they would last forever. Their walls were covered with scenes that were carved onto the stone then brightly painted. These scenes showed the pharaoh fighting in battles and performing rituals with the gods and goddesses
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