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Ancient Egyptian religion, indigenous beliefs of ancient Egypt from predynastic times (4th millennium BCE) to its decline in the first centuries CE. With tombs dominating the archaeological record, it is especially known for its treatment of the dead.
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Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals that formed an integral part of ancient Egyptian culture. It centered on the Egyptians' interactions with many deities believed to be present and in control of the world.
Egyptian religion was a combination of beliefs and practices which, in the modern day, would include Egyptian mythology, science, medicine, psychiatry, magic, spiritualism, herbology, as well as the modern understanding of 'religion' as belief in a higher power and a life after death.
From the mightiest Pharaonic king to the farmers harvesting abundant wheat harvests, the belief of magic and balance helped ancient Egyptians understand their place in the universe.
Ancient Egyptian culture and religion were far from unified, as every local community had its own gods and beliefs. After the unification of Egypt into a single kingdom, the pharaohs attempted to bring the country’s gods into some kind of alignment.
Ancient Egyptian religion - Gods, Beliefs, Rituals: Egyptian religion was polytheistic. The gods who inhabited the bounded and ultimately perishable cosmos varied in nature and capacity. The word netjer (“god”) described a much wider range of beings than the deities of monotheistic religions, including what might be termed demons.
Religion. Throughout Egypt's history beliefs and practices were constantly changing though the themes of fertility, rebirth, death and resurrection generally remained constant. The ancient Egyptians had a tendency to merge new beliefs with the old ones rather than simply replace them.