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Religion in Ancient Egypt
Dating back to the Old Kingdom during the formation of the Ancient Egyptian civilization, there were the very first and few records that were found composed of funerary inscriptions and divine figures on walls and temples. Eventually, as this Ancient and civilization developed and evolved, so did their theories about religion and belief in holy non- physical figures and deities. It developed so much that nearly every coffin, temple, tomb or even house- hold objects that are found had engraved or painted inscriptions of holy text and paintings of these religious figures that were found so superior. These beliefs started off by curiosity and seek- meaning within the creation of nature and how the universe began and the world evolved, over thousands of years. Many ancient religious scholars have finally came to a conclusion that such powers of nature can not be enforced by a common person, but by a mighty and superior power that we may or not see; but sometimes may be manifested into a physical body, whether a human or an animal. However, there was no physical or visual representation record of such Gods or higher power. The more the culture and religion evolved, the more aspects were created for stronger faith and belief such as concepts and procedures of the afterlife, different kinds of Gods other than the typical human or animal headed ones that we all hear about, but other Gods would include cosmic Gods and nature Gods that each play a role in the universe to stabilise natural courses of actions. Other Ancient Egyptian ideologies included that once someone dies, their soul and body belonged to Osiris, God of the underworld and that they had to pass through him before judgment. This type of philosophy was created to secure the favor of the gods; they would perform offerings and spiritual services in return for God's prosperity and to free them of the forty-two sins that prevents eternal entry into Osiris' world, the underworld.

Nature of Gods
With the Ancient Egyptian conception of one God, monotheism leading to several Gods, eventually evolved into beliefs of several Gods at once, introducing polytheism. Throughout pre-historic periods and dynasties in Ancient Egypt, many theologies were created concerning the creation of the universe, preceding various beliefs and interpretations that developed into origins of Ancient Egyptian religion. According to Ancient Egyptian beliefs, the conception of God did not differ much from the term "supernatural". However immortality was not imagined as a divine aspect; meaning that they viewed their Gods as mortal, including Ra the Sun god. They believed him to eventually grow old and weak just like everybody else. They also believed that Gods walked and lived on earth like any other mortal being with the possibility of them suffering throughout life also. Offerings were always provided to these Gods in temples and stories have been told of some of the Greatest pharaohs having communications with these Gods that would give them strength and prosperity, but again, no visual contact was made. Ancient Egyptians treated highly powerful beings as Gods due to their power and superiority. . Two of the most important Gods that were taken to much value and worship were Ra, the sun god and Aten was later on introduced to Ancient Egypt during the reign of Amenhotep.Those two Gods greatly personified ideas of nature, which outshines the rest of the Gods during the 19th dynasty.

Ra
During the 5th dynasty in Ancient Egypt, every king would pledge himself and use the name Ra, the Sun God to show devotion to him and to help the pharaohs gain and strengthen their power of ruling. The name Ra would get passed on through generations of rulers. The reason why many kings associated their names with Ra was because the name Ra itself took on many titles and meanings such as Ra who satisfies the heart, Ra who gives strength and prosperity, and Ra the lord of the truth. With such meanings to the names, the Kings thought that by inheriting the name Ra, it would earn them nobility and more power and respect within the kingdom.

Aten
Another God relatively different than Ra was Aten; a conception of the Sun but did not take the from of a human or animal either. Many kings and other Pharaohs, especially Amenhotep who was greatly influenced by Aten who changed his life and even changed his name to Akhenaten. He wanted to place the name Aten with his own to show devotion to his sole God and he adorned him more than the rest of the Gods. Akhenaten’s world then revolved around Aten. He had such powerful faith in him, he decided to make Aten the only God he believes in and chooses to worship. This changed so many aspects in Ancient Egypt, the rest of the civilization had to do what the King orders, which was to change their faith completely by force such as destroying built temples and places of worship of other Gods, removing all incriptions and writings of Gods other than Aten .This maddened the Ancient Egyptians because they no longer had the choice to choose their belief. This led to monotheism for the first time in Ancient Egypt during the reign of Akhenaten. Aten was strongly emphasized in Ancient Egypt and was inscribed on walls and tombs of many temples and monuments as a big sun radiating long beams, which represents power of a king and every other matter. However after Akhentaten died, his son took rule of the throne and reverted matters back to the way they previously were before his father, as if nothing changed.

Afterlife
The Ancient Egyptian civilization acknowledged the conception of a human being's nature, and somehow viewed them immortal and they proved so by creating detailed writings and images on walls of the afterlife. The deceased would be provided foods and drinks and especially treasures and sometimes servants in their burial tombstone. Other unnecessary objects would include things such as clothes, toilet utilities and weapons used for defense. These objects were all placed for survival in the afterlife. These procedures were taken to deep and strict consideration with a theory that the deceased would come back to life but not in this physical world, in another world where they are in contact with Gods and deities and continue to live on; immortality. On the deceased’s tombstones, inscriptions and visual representations of two entities known as Khu and the Kha, both are meant for vitalization of the body in the afterlife, which was an ideology of a continuing existence within the tomb. The Khu was represented as a man’s spirit in the physical form of a bird, whereas Kha was represented as a man who persisted after death and lives in tombs and is said to visit tombs of other burials of dead figures.

Ancient Rituals
The process of death is a very long complex process created by the Ancient Egyptians; when a person passes away, they do not bury the body, instead they place it in a tomb and wash it, take out some of the organs and wash them as well, and sometimes they preserve these organs in small canopic jars. After so, they wrap the body in thin linen bandages in a few layers which makes the mummy look thick enough to become well preserved to look representatively decent for the afterlife. After the mummy is placed in a coffin, sometimes even several layers of coffins, it is then placed in a tomb with all kinds of offerings given by priests, servants and family members, etc... Royal mummies would be placed into golden coffins, with golden amulets placed on top of the final layer for protection of the deceased for its journey into the afterlife. Spells were also casted on the deceased and its coffin to preserve the body well and to protect it from danger. Finally when the body is undergoing the process of the afterlife, Egyptians believed that before the deceased can acquire eternity and immortality, the heart had to be weighed by the God Thoth, that would be balanced against a single feather, which the Gods would therefore determine whether the soul belonged to the afterlife or eaten by the devourer. However theological systems include that a soul would join Ra and set with the sun and be accompanied by the rest of the gods in an everlasting light of divine and protection against evil spirits.

Gods
Deities and Gods are usually and most commonly depicted in human form, but with different physical attributes depending on skin color, costumes, or even weapons or accessories they hold or wear. The most important Gods are divided into three subcategories; the Osiris family, the Amon family, and a Goddess named Neit. Osiris was God of the underworld who judged each deceased soul before entering the land of eternity, and decided whether these souls are pure enough to deserve living in an enjoyable future life. This process has its own depiction or theology that gathers many Gods together such as his wife Isis, who would always stand behind Osiris’ throne, Anubis who helps the soul enter the underworld for judgement, and finally Thoth who then weighs the heart of the dead soul with a feather. Focusing on the Osiris belief, which introduced the whole afterlife ideology about preserving bodies in coffins and casting spells, and placing amulets and the book of the dead among the body. Also burials included that the body was to be cut up and each organ would be preserved separately, in which every body part would unite again in the afterlife. This is what Isis did when she found Osiris' body cut into parts and how she preserved the body. Since this ideology has been carried around for years and believed in, it is what has been happening whenever a deceased was to be buried and prepared for the afterlife to unite with the holy Gods. The Amon family group were also human Gods, but never seen by anyone in physical form. Amon was a local God in Karnak and more focus shifted to him during a political rise in Ancient Egypt, mainly in Thebes. This was the time were kings spread fame and thanked Amon for their victories in battles and wars. Amon was an essential figure or deity in Ancient Egypt because he became associated with the God Ra, which then resulted in his name changing to Amon-Re, which meant king of the Gods. This title gave Amon an even bigger supreme role, which developed a belief of political faith.

Animal-headed Gods
it is importantly noted that since the antiquity period, Ancient Egyptians began linking their Gods to animals that led to a creation of visual representations of human bodies with the head of an animal. They managed to innovate their beliefs with the ideology that each God who was associated for a naturalistic aspect would attain the head of whichever animal was famous for that part of nature. Examples included are Sobek, God of the Nile, with the head of a crocodile. Thoth with the head of an Ibis, and Horus with a head of a falcon, etc.. They believed that these Gods should be given such features to represent the most important characteristic of each God that would relate to the chosen animals they were associated with; for example Anubis was associated with the head of the jacket because this particular God's main feature was to feed on dead humans. This was due to that a typical jackal's habitat is dark graves. However taking a look into the ideology about ancient Egyptians associations with animals, there lies a very strong relationship between animals and culture.

Art and Inscriptions
Animals are not only correlated with Gods, but also linked to writing script and visual arts. Many different kinds of animals, whether mammals, birds, sea animals, most are found in letters found in hieroglyphic scripts. Even up to current date, Egyptologists are still curious by how common animals were used when it came to depictions and inscriptions found practically everywhere, more than any other known ancient culture that was used for expression or even representations of characteristical traits.

Sacred Objects
During the process of the preparation of a deceased’s burial for the afterlife, one key component must be buried with the deceased and that’s the Book of the Dead. This book was a sacred and powerful tool, needed to pass through the dangerous obstacles in order to get to the land of eternity, the afterlife. This book was composed of spells that are inscribed on ancient Egyptian self- created paper known as papyrus and were also used to protect the body and preserve it well for the afterlife. The book was basically a guide for the dead to help get them through whatever they are meant to pass during their afterlife journey to help them get to the land of eternity safely and by avoiding animals or other objects that may physically harm the deceased through the passing such as snakes, crocodiles and maybe even medical conditions