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  2. List of Egyptian deities - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Egyptian deities were an integral part of ancient Egyptian religion and were worshiped for millennia. Many of them ruled over natural and social phenomena, as well as abstract concepts [1] These gods and goddesses appear in virtually every aspect of ancient Egyptian civilization, and more than 1,500 of them are known by name. Many ...

  3. Ancient Egyptian deities - Wikipedia

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    Egyptian texts list the names of many deities whose nature is unknown, and make vague, indirect references to other gods who are not even named. [2] The Egyptologist James P. Allen estimates that more than 1,400 deities are named in Egyptian texts, [ 3 ] whereas his colleague Christian Leitz says there are "thousands upon thousands" of gods.

  4. List of pharaohs deified during lifetime - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Egypt, it was standard for pharaohs to be worshipped posthumously as transfigured beings amongst the royal ancestors. This was generally performed in the form of a mortuary cult . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] During the pharaoh's lifetime, they were generally recognized as having divine properties, in accordance with imperial cult government.

  5. Anubis - Wikipedia

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    Anubis as a jackal perched atop a tomb, symbolizing his protection of the necropolis "Anubis" is a Greek rendering of this god's Egyptian name. [7] [8] Before the Greeks arrived in Egypt, around the 7th century BC, the god was known as Anpu or Inpu. The root of the name in ancient Egyptian language means "a royal child."

  6. List of Egyptian hieroglyphs - Wikipedia

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    The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard. It describes 763 signs in 26 categories (A–Z, roughly).

  7. Cavern deities of the underworld - Wikipedia

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    a) nine jackal-headed deities feeding on rotten flesh b) snake deities guarding the "Silent Region" 7 / 2: a) spitfire-snake called Sesy b) primeval catfish-headed gods called Nariu 8 "Those Who Raise Their Superiors To The Sky" 3: a) Nehebkau. b) nine catfish-headed gods led by Osiris. 9: Gods of the Primeval Abyss: 4 "Great One Who Is On His ...

  8. List of people who have been considered deities - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Egyptian architect and physician whose status, two thousand years after his death, was raised to that of a god, becoming the god of medicine and healing. He was an Egyptian chancellor to the pharaoh Djoser , probable architect of the Djoser's step pyramid , and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis .

  9. Khenti-Amentiu - Wikipedia

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    The jackal hieroglyph that appears in Khenti-Amentiu's name in the Early Dynastic Period is traditionally seen as a determinative to indicate the god's form, but Terence DuQuesne argued that the jackal glyph represents the name of Anubis and that Khenti-Amentiu was originally an epithet or manifestation of Anubis. If this is the case, Khenti ...