Deities of Ancient Egypt

An ancient text lists 740 different Gods a Goddesses.

But only a small number were worshipped at the same place and the same time.

Temples were dedicated to the important deities and controlled by an elite

priesterhood. Ordinary people were excluded.

Amun amun worshipped at the Temples of Karnak and Luxor
Anubis anubis The jackal god of death and mummification
Aten Lord of all
Bastet bastet Cat Goddess
Geb Earth God
Hathor hathor Goddess of the sky and love, music dance
Horus Falcon God, 'He who is above', Sky God
Isis������ isis Goddess �������� wife of Osiris
Khnum gardian of the Nile
Maat Goddess for justice, truth and order
Min Fertility God
Mut Goddess of Heaven
Nut Goddess of the Sky
Nephthys Goddess of the house
Osiris osiris King of the dead
Ptah a creator� God and a patron of craftsmen
Seth Lord of Upper Egypt
Sobek the crocodile God was the ruler of the water
Thoth God of wisdom and writing and patron of the scribes

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