Ancient Egyptian religion

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ancient religion polytheistic religion

Ancient Egyptian religion was the complex polytheistic belief system of ancient Egypt, centered on a vast pantheon of gods, elaborate rituals, and a strong focus on the afterlife and cosmic order (ma’at).

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Ancient Egyptian religion canonical 32
ancient Egyptian religion 27
Egyptian mythology 9

Statements (90)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient religion ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
associatedWithStructure mastabas ⓘ
pyramids ⓘ
rock-cut tombs ⓘ
centeredOn pantheon of gods ⓘ
declineCause spread of Christianity in Egypt ⓘ
emphasizes afterlife ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ
hasBelief cyclical nature of time ⓘ
divine kingship ⓘ
immortality of the soul ⓘ
judgment of the dead ⓘ
ka and ba components of the soul ⓘ
solar rebirth ⓘ
Duat ⓘ
surface form: underworld (Duat)

weighing of the heart ⓘ
hasConcept divine order ⓘ
heka ⓘ
isfet ⓘ
Ma'at ⓘ
surface form: ma’at
hasCosmology Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
surface form: Heliopolitan Ennead

Hermopolitan Ogdoad ⓘ
Memphite Triad ⓘ
surface form: Memphite theology

Theban theology ⓘ
hasDeity Amun ⓘ
Amun ⓘ
surface form: Amun-Ra

Anubis ⓘ
Atum ⓘ
Bastet ⓘ
Bes ⓘ
Geb ⓘ
Hathor ⓘ
Horus ⓘ
Isis ⓘ
Khepri ⓘ
Khnum ⓘ
Maat ⓘ
Montu ⓘ
Mut ⓘ
Neith ⓘ
Nephthys ⓘ
Nut ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
Ptah ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
Sekhmet ⓘ
Serapis ⓘ
Set ⓘ
Sobek ⓘ
Taweret ⓘ
Thoth ⓘ
hasFestival Beautiful Festival of the Valley ⓘ
Opet Festival ⓘ
Sed festival ⓘ
Sothis ⓘ
surface form: Wepet-Renpet (New Year festival)
hasPlaceOfWorship household altar ⓘ
shrine ⓘ
temple ⓘ
hasPriesthood high priests ⓘ
lector priests ⓘ
temple priests ⓘ
hasRitual daily temple cult ⓘ
mummification ⓘ
offering rituals ⓘ
oracular consultation ⓘ
temple festivals ⓘ
hasSacredText Amduat ⓘ
Book of Gates ⓘ
Book of the Dead ⓘ
Coffin Texts ⓘ
Pyramid Texts ⓘ
influenced Greco-Roman mystery cults of Isis ⓘ
Hellenistic religion in Egypt ⓘ
languageOfRitual Egyptian language family ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian language
practicedIn Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
scriptUsed demotic ⓘ
hieratic ⓘ
hieroglyphs ⓘ
timePeriod Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Early Dynastic Period

Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Late Period

Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: New Kingdom

Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Old Kingdom

Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic Period

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Roman Period in Egypt
usesConcept Ma'at ⓘ
surface form: ma’at
viewsPharaohAs divine king ⓘ
guarantor of ma’at ⓘ
son of Ra ⓘ

Referenced by (81)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ptolemaic Kingdom → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Temple of Maharraqa → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
Ptah → associatedWith → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphite Theology
Shabaka Stone → religiousTradition → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Hellenistic religion → coexistedWith → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian traditional religion
Cleopatra VII → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Gods of Egypt → basedOn → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian mythology
Nile Valley → religionHistoricallyPracticed → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Userkaf → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
Hermeticism → influencedBy → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian religion
Fifth Dynasty of Egypt → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Horus → culture → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
Menkaure mortuary temple → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
ankh → heldBy → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian gods
Pepi I Meryre → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
Isis-Serapis → syncretismOf → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian religion
Step Pyramid of Djoser → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Ramesses II → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
Amun → culture → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
Derr, Lower Nubia → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of Derr
Thutmose III → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Satrapy of Egypt → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
3rd Dynasty of Egypt → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Ptolemy V Epiphanes → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Thebaid → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Montu → theme → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian mythology
Birth House (Mammisi) → associatedWithReligion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
Nun → culture → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
Nun → mythology → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian mythology
Tefnut → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
Maat → roleIn → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian mythology
Shepseskaf → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
Pyramid of Merenre → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Lady of the East → epithetOfPantheon → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian pantheon
pharaohs of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
subject surface form: Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
this entity surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
Atum → culture → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Pyramid of Nyuserre Ini → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Pyramid of Queen Khentkaus II → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Shabaka → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Shoshenq I → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Lycopolis → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
11th Dynasty of Egypt → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
18th Dynasty of Egypt → hasReligion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Resheph → integratedInto → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian pantheon
Egyptian antiquities → influencedBy → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian religion
Saite Egypt → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator → religion → Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ