How can I use this resource?

With this resource, you can color-in and trace Egyptian gods. The pictures can be colored in individually, each with its own frame. In addition, you have the opportunity to learn about the fascinating Egyptian copying system that was used to produce wall drawings and to work like an Egyptian artist from over 5000 years ago. You can use these worksheets to practice your drawing skills and make your own sketches of the gods. The resource also gives you some interesting facts about each god. You can use this information to learn more about the ancient Egyptian culture and religion, and how they related to their gods. This resource is great for anyone who is curious about the history and beliefs of this ancient civilization.

What does this resource contain?

This resource consists of coloring-in templates of 16 Egyptian gods with animal heads. Each template has a picture of the god that you can color-in, as well as a frame with the name and the symbol of the god. You can print the templates on white or colored paper and use crayons, markers, or paints to color them. You can use these worksheets to practice your drawing skills and make your own sketches of the gods. The resource also contains information about each god, such as their role, their attributes, and their stories.

About Egyptian gods

The Egyptians mostly often conceived of their gods as part animal, and they therefore depicted them as half animal, half human. Most of their gods have a human body and an animal head. When you see Egyptian relief carvings and wall murals for the first time, they’re hard to get your head around. It makes you wonder if the ancient Egyptians had a ‘kink’ in their optics. It’s essential to know that the Egyptians represented nature in a completely different way than we’re used to. Their artists weren’t interested in reproducing reality as it looks – what mattered was to paint what was important for the client. This distinctive Egyptian style had a set of fixed rules that every artist learned from an early age. Egyptian artists had to leave out everything that was unimportant – the images were meant to fulfill a certain function and only ever show the most important things: A head is best recognized in profile, so it was drawn from the side. The upper body, shoulders, and chest are shown better from the front, so they were drawn from the front. Arms and legs are again more noticeable when seen from the side, so the artists depicted them from the side. This is why Egyptians look so flattened and twisted in their images.