The
Religion of Ancient Egypt permeated
every part of life. There was no science to explain simple concepts
of nature. The rising of the sun was not explainable by a model of
the solar system and they had no idea the Earth itself was turning.
The lack of scientific facts allowed mythology to develop and a religion
based on the explanation of nature to form. For example, a god sailed across
the sky as the sun, the Nile river flooded because the gods sent the water.
The Egyptian religion was mostly concerned with The
Biggest Question of All; The Afterlife.
The Gods
of Ancient Egypt were
many. There was a god or goddess for every part of existence.
The most important of the gods are described below.
Click thier picture to find
more information.
Ptah 
Osiris 
Isis 
Seth
Anubis 
Horus 
Ma'at 
Thoth
Hathor 
Khnum 
Nephthys 
Ammut
Re 
Sobek 
Sekhmet
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