symbols*

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The people of Egypet did not have a written language. Soemthing that they did do was make attemps to record thire lives with programs and other based forms of writings. something they did use sometimes is thire symbols.

Some of the symbols that they did use are:

**BA** - is what they call someones personality. It would leave the person's body at the time of death. During there days the Ba would make itself useful at night it would return to the tomb. in their time, it would look for the person it belonged to. sometimes the egyptians would supply the Ba was a statue in their time of the deceased in case the mummy was lost or damaged.

**Feather of Maat -** this symbol represents truth, justice, morality & balance. It was pharaoh's job to control Maat. When a pharaoh died, Maat was lost and the world was held into chaos, only the followers of a new pharaoh could restore Maat.

**Fetish of Osiris ** An animal skin hanging from a stick, this is a symbol of Osiris and anubis.

**Hedjet ** The White Crown. This was the crown of Upper Egypt.

**Nebu ** This symbol represents gold which was considered a divine metal, it was thought to be the Gods flesh. Its surface was related to the brilliance of the sun. Gold was important to the afterlife as it represents qualities of immortality. By the New Kingdom, the royal burial chamber was called the House of Gold.