1. Egyptian Religion Egyptian religion was polytheistic, that is, they believed in various gods and goddesses, not in just one. Isis y Osiris

2. The deities had naturalistic attributes from animals or the sun; half human (anthropomorphic) appearance, half animal (zoomorphic). Egyptian religion included hundreds of deities. The culture lasted so long that many of these deities came and went or changed form. Ra Isis and Hathor Anubis Egyptian Gods

3. The Egyptians thought that there was life after death, or in other words, an afterlife. The dead were buried in tombs (pyramids, mastabas, or hypogeum), some had rich grave goods. Thanks to that, we know a great deal about their civilization. Sarcophagus Pyramid Mastaba Hypogeum Grave goods

4. Ra The Sun god, the most important god of all gods Isis and Osiris’ grandfather Sometimes merged with other gods (ex. Amun-Ra) Man with a hawk head and head- dress with a sun disk surrounded by a cobra Often seen with a barge

5. Osiris Supreme god, first pharaoh God of the dead and ruler of the underworld Also god of resurrection and fertility Taught early Egyptians to farm A mummified man wearing a white cone-like headdress with feathers Isis’ husband, Horus’ father and Seth’s brother