Ancient Egyptians were polytheistic when it came to their beliefs. They believed in a variety of many different deities; which they believed maintained the harmony and peace across the land. The deities they believed in offered protection, took care of people after they died and some were even plants and animals. The Egyptians were also the the first to believe in the divine power of the pharaoh. They believed that the pharaoh had connection with the gods; therefore, he should be the ruler. Their gods and goddesses were worshiped in cult temples;were they made sacrifices to the gods,so the gods would help the people;they sacrificed goats, sheep and even cats.The gods and goddesses were also worshiped in temples, but only religious men could go into them because temples were not a place of public worship or congregation, so common people would have to worship the gods and goddesses at their own homes. Egypt also had a straightforward government. Egypt had a extraordinary way to structure their government. The most powerful person in ancient Egypt was the pharaoh. The pharaoh is the political and religious leader, therefore he performed rituals and built temples to honor gods. The pharaoh owned all the lands, made all the laws and collected all of the taxes. The second most powerful man was the vizier. The vizier was like the pharaoh's right hand man, he was the pharaoh's representative. The country was divided into forty- two administrative regions called nomes and the vizier was accountable for their jurisdiction. The vizier was also responsible for collecting and storing money and food. Egypt also had a wide variety of art and architecture. Egypt had a unique type of architecture. They were mostly famous for their pyramids. There is a wide variety of them, since many of them were different sizes and shapes. Some pyramids were built for tombs of the pharaohs and queen's, some of the well known pyramids are "Giza  and "the Temple of Thebes . Inside the pyramids there are valuables for the pharoah's and queen's to take to the afterlife. Egypt also had a particular way of doing art. Most of their art was through carving or paintings. When they were through carving it was usually telling a story and it was in two dimension, but it is most known as hieroglyphics. For example there are hieroglyphics inside the pyramids sometimes told a story of the pharaoh