The Greeks were the first to formulate the idea of Humanism, which is the belief that people play a central role in their society. This way of thinking majorly contrasts the Egyptian culture where everything was directed and governed by G-ds. The entire purpose of an Egyptian was praying to the G-ds or preparing for the afterlife. People were almost a nuisance and insignificant to the higher powers.

The Greeks emphasized the value of human beings and encouraged the idea of achieving greatness through philosophical thinking. Allowing some of the greatest philosophical giants to immerse, such as Plato. Another example of Humanism that the Greeks demonstrated were the Olympics. The very idea of humans achieving perfection and greatness. This drastic change in thinking is clear when analyzing Greek art and comparing it to Egyptian art. Below you can see the marble statue of the kouros (Egyptian) which hones in on displaying a sense physical human perfection showing how the Greeks viewed humans and their desire to attain this idealistic view of humans. As opposed to the Egyptian art beside it which show how G-ds played a great deal of importance throughout all stages of life. This particular image shows Hu-Nefer who was a scholar and is being judged by the G-ds measuring his heart. Notice how the Egyptian Gd all have animal character traits. They believed their G-ds had the attributes of animals showing power beyond humans, while the Greek G-ds were portrayed without any animal features and posed as the ideal human body.