The Tale of Sinuhe is filled with Ideological underpinning of authority in ancient Egypt. Pharaoh is the monarch of the Egypt. An Egyptian community leader is the one to makes the decisions to benefit the country. Also a pharaoh needs to judge people’s action and redistribute wealth. Ancient Egyptians think pharaoh is divine. Because pharaoh is a living god, ancient Egyptians trust jurisdiction and economic power in pharaoh’s hand.
When the Ancient Egyptian’s actions have the potential of harming the community, pharaoh needs to make the judgments on his people’s action. Egyptian Citizens truest their pharaoh will make the fairest judgment. When Sinuhe hears the death of the old pharaoh in the foreign land, he panics. The absence of the next …show more content…
The judgments are mostly rewards or punishments of the economic wealth. In The Tale of Sinuhe, pharaoh rewards Sinuhe a small pyramid and luxury living condition. “I was appointed to the house of a prince, with costly things in it, with a bathroom in it and divine images of the horizon.”2 “A pyramid of stone was build for me, in the midst of the pyramids.”3 A pyramid in ancient Egypt was extremely costly. It requires massive amount of labors and resources to construct. Pharaoh’s simple judgment can easily utilize large amount of resource without any objections because of his economic power. To economically benefit the country, pharaoh needs to make decision on many foreign policies. In the beginning of the tale, Sinuhe is on an expedition to Libya. “But now he was returning, having carried off Libyan captives and all sort of cattle without number.”4 Conquest foreign countries can bring Egypt tremendous amount of wealth. Not just in the book, during the New Kingdom Egypt, Egypt conquered Nubia and captured large amount of wealth.5 All the wealth gained by war and conquering will go directly to pharaoh and redistributed by the pharaoh, because ancient Egyptians truest pharaoh’s economic and jurisdiction …show more content…
In the Tale of Sinuhe, when Sinuhe finally get to meet the pharaoh. Sinuhe says “It is your spirit, perfected god, Lord of two lands, which is loved by the Sun god, and favored by Monte Lord of the Thebes.”6 Ancient Egyptians believe pharaoh will makes the fairest decision because he is a god and god makes no mistakes. Egyptians can believe pharaoh is a god because ancient Egyptians were very religious. The funeral system in The Tale of Sinuhe suggests the strict Egyptian religious practices. “A funeral procession will be made for you on the day of joining the earth, with a mummy case of gold, a mask of lapis lazuli----and the offering invocation recited for you; sacrifices will be made at the mouth of your offering chapel.”7 Egyptians believe the eternity life after a person’s death, the tombs need to be carefully decorated and the funerals need be preciously planned according to the religion. When such deeply religious people believe their community leader is a living god, they can easily trust all powers to their
When the Ancient Egyptian’s actions have the potential of harming the community, pharaoh needs to make the judgments on his people’s action. Egyptian Citizens truest their pharaoh will make the fairest judgment. When Sinuhe hears the death of the old pharaoh in the foreign land, he panics. The absence of the next …show more content…
The judgments are mostly rewards or punishments of the economic wealth. In The Tale of Sinuhe, pharaoh rewards Sinuhe a small pyramid and luxury living condition. “I was appointed to the house of a prince, with costly things in it, with a bathroom in it and divine images of the horizon.”2 “A pyramid of stone was build for me, in the midst of the pyramids.”3 A pyramid in ancient Egypt was extremely costly. It requires massive amount of labors and resources to construct. Pharaoh’s simple judgment can easily utilize large amount of resource without any objections because of his economic power. To economically benefit the country, pharaoh needs to make decision on many foreign policies. In the beginning of the tale, Sinuhe is on an expedition to Libya. “But now he was returning, having carried off Libyan captives and all sort of cattle without number.”4 Conquest foreign countries can bring Egypt tremendous amount of wealth. Not just in the book, during the New Kingdom Egypt, Egypt conquered Nubia and captured large amount of wealth.5 All the wealth gained by war and conquering will go directly to pharaoh and redistributed by the pharaoh, because ancient Egyptians truest pharaoh’s economic and jurisdiction …show more content…
In the Tale of Sinuhe, when Sinuhe finally get to meet the pharaoh. Sinuhe says “It is your spirit, perfected god, Lord of two lands, which is loved by the Sun god, and favored by Monte Lord of the Thebes.”6 Ancient Egyptians believe pharaoh will makes the fairest decision because he is a god and god makes no mistakes. Egyptians can believe pharaoh is a god because ancient Egyptians were very religious. The funeral system in The Tale of Sinuhe suggests the strict Egyptian religious practices. “A funeral procession will be made for you on the day of joining the earth, with a mummy case of gold, a mask of lapis lazuli----and the offering invocation recited for you; sacrifices will be made at the mouth of your offering chapel.”7 Egyptians believe the eternity life after a person’s death, the tombs need to be carefully decorated and the funerals need be preciously planned according to the religion. When such deeply religious people believe their community leader is a living god, they can easily trust all powers to their