Why Were The Pharaohs Be Punished

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One of the Pharaohs job was to talk to the gods. If the gods was angered then the people would be punished. Osiris created one of the first laws. People say that if the Pharaoh fails then everyone will be punished as that means that there will be wars and natural disasters. The Pharaoh was basically connecting the humans with the gods. Narmer was the Pharaoh and he made a mace head and it told the story of how he became Pharaoh. Each Pharaoh wears a different hat, for example the south Pharaoh wears a red crown and north wears a white crown and when both worn together it means peace or unity for two sides. The Pharaohs need s to keep the chaos away. The pharaohs does that by by giving the gods offerings so a war would not break out.

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