Ancient Egyptian Religion
- Polytheistic Religion
- Had as many as 2000 gods and goddesses.
- Some worshiped throughout the whole country while others were regional
- Egyptian Book Of The Dead contains major ides and beliefs in Ancient Egyptian Religion.
- Cities each had a specific God of worship and the temple for that certain God or Goddess was built for them in that specific city.
- each person was believed to have 3 different souls the Ka, Ba, and Akh.
- guided every aspect of the egyptian way of life
- had many tales on how the world began,
- two chief gods are Osiris and Amon-Ra
- The cult of Osiris
- The reason some pharaohs believed themselves to be god-like is because it is rumored that before Osiris was deemed god of the afterlife he was a king of Egypt
- their religion really influenced how they buried their loved ones.
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This is a sculpture of the Egyptian deity Horus that many ancient Egyptians worshipped.