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New Egypt, 10, Egypt after the pharaohs :: Egypt after the pharaohs

Object description

Christianity reached Egypt early and spread across the country during the third and fourth centuries. The new doctrine of Christianity marked the end of Ancient Egyptian religion and many of its associated customs.

A number of ancient beliefs survived nonetheless: The perception of resurrection and eternal life, the divine virgin birth and the conception of the Mother of God and child. Even the traditional moral beliefs, based on Maat, are found in both Christianity and Islam.

Islam arrived in Egypt with the Arab Conquest in the seventh century AD. Jews and Christians were allowed to practice their faith under the patronage of the new Muslim rulers. The degree of acceptance and tolerance varied however and many Egyptians converted to Islam, either out of conviction or for financial and professional reasons. Islam became the religion of the rulers and eventually, the majority.

Exhibition, Part of

New Egypt, 10, Egypt after the pharaohs

Alternative Name

New Egypt Room 9A Middle Ages (coptic...); Medeltiden

Title, Swedish

Egypten efter faraonerna

Title

Egypt after the pharaohs

Alternative id

1286

Time - Start

2013

Time - End

2024

Description, Swedish

Kristendomen nådde Egypten tidigt. Den spreds över hela landet under 200- och 300-talen. Den nya läran innebar slutet för den fornegyptiska religionen och många av de sedvänjor som hörde ihop med den.

Många gamla föreställningar levde ändå vidare: tanken på återuppståndelse och evigt liv, idén om en gudomlig jungfrufödsel och bilden av gudamodern med barnet. Även den traditionella moraluppfattningen, baserad på Maat, återfinns i både kristendom och islam.

Islam kom till Egypten med den arabiska erövringen på 600-talet e Kr. Judar och kristna hade rätt att utöva sin tro under de muslimska härskarnas beskydd. Graden av acceptans och tolerans varierade och många konverterade till islam, av övertygelse eller ekonomiska och yrkesmässiga skäl. Islam blev härskarnas – och med tiden också majoritetens – religion.

Description

Egypt, Number in Exhibition

Comments

Under 2024 användes utrymmet i ”Egypt after the pharaohs” för utställningen ”Egyptens judar”. Under denna period tömdes flera montrar.

Belongs to Exhibition

Egypten, 2014-

Description: The history of Egypt is long, from the first settlements in the Nile Valley around 7000 years ago to the present day. Egypt was for a long period of time ruled by autocratic kings – the pharaohs. At other times, it was part
of larger empires such as the Persian, Roman and Ottoman.
The pharaonic culture was characterised by high conservatism.
Things were – and should be – as they always had been.
Old traditions and ways of thinking lived on, long after the last pharaohs.
They were present in the customs and traditions of the Middle Ages and are present in Egypt today.
Welcome on a walk through the history of Egypt!
Time - Start: 20132013

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New Egypt, 10, Egypt after the pharaohs :: Egypt after the pharaohs

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