The religion of the ancient Egypt was practice over more than 3,000 years, from the pre-dynastic period until the adoption of Christianity in the early centuries. Although it is virtually extinct in its original form, it lives on in the cultures, imaginations and even the religions of the modern western world.
The ancient Egyptians religion contains many deities and personified aspects of nature. Egyptians saw the actions of the gods behind all the elements and forces of nature. However, they did not believe that the gods merely controlled these phenomena, but that each element of nature was a divine force in itself.
These deities were worshipped with offerings and prayers, in local and household shrines as well as in formal temples managed by priests. Different gods were prominent at different periods of Egyptian history, and the myths associated with them changed over time.
The religion also contained many beliefs such as the divinity of the pharaoh, which helped to politically unify the country, and had a highly developed view of the afterlife for an eternal life after death.
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