... ? I wonder. Why do I have certain behaviors as opposed to other peoples? Where do I come from, and why do live in this area of the world? For those of us in the Western heritage, the time of modern man begins approximately 1 million years ago, a time where people lived in small bands of hunter/gatherer societies. The time period from about 1 million years ago until 10,000 B.C. is referred to ... ; women gathered food, wove baskets, and made clothing. People were constantly on the move, as they had to follow the animal herds. They had extremely short life spans, and lived in tribes with on...

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... supposed secrets to their faith as heresy. The Egyptian priests held power through secrecy, but Christians call on the power of God himself. In both faiths there was a belief in life after death. The Egyptians thought it was up to them to provide the dead person the things and preserve the body they would need in the afterlife. The afterlife belonged only to people who had done ... not what any of us do. We do not continue living on as we do now but as new creatures in heaven. Our spirits are no longer weighed down by material things, like the Egyptians were in their pyramids. Both relig...

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... rose up and the sun god "Re" appeared. He created light and all things. The Egyptians made temples for gods to dwell in. They build a temple in each city for the god of that city. Priests cared for the temples, attended to the needs of the people, were advisors, and were in charge of the funerals. They were basically the authority. Egyptians didn"t second guess the priest's answers to the questions they asked. The Egyptians had a few ... cat superstition was when the cat died a natural death, the owner should shave his eyebrows in respect. When a cat died, the owner tried to go somewher...

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... build cities, to manufacture things, in time to trade with their neighbors. That is how it all started. Over a period from 3100 B.C. to 332 B.C. they grew in culture, arts, religion, science, medicine, and many other fields. The early Egyptian people grew food by the Nile and lived mainly by hunting for meat, fishing, and gathering wild plants. They kept a small number of cattle, sheep, or ... in tombs where offerings of food could be made, which would nourish the ka. Once in the tomb it was believed that the akh began its journey to the hall of judgment. The god Anubis held the person'...

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