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+# Ancient Egyptian Religion
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+# Ancient Egyptian Religion
+
+## Overview
+Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex polytheistic system practiced for over 3,000 years, centered on maintaining *ma'at* (cosmic order) through ritual, temple worship, and funerary practices.
+
+## Key Facts
+- Period: ~3100 BCE – ~400 CE (suppressed under Christianity)
+- Type: Polytheistic with henotheistic tendencies
+- Sacred texts: Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, Book of the Dead
+- Priesthood: Temple-based, pharaoh as chief intermediary with the gods
+
+## Major Deities
+- Ra/Amun-Ra: Sun god, king of the gods
+- Osiris: God of the dead and resurrection
+- Isis: Goddess of magic and motherhood
+- Horus: Sky god, divine kingship
+- Anubis: God of mummification
+- Thoth: God of writing and wisdom [^1]
+
+## Key Concepts
+- *Ma'at*: Cosmic order, truth, and justice
+- *Ka* and *Ba*: Aspects of the soul
+- Afterlife: Judgment by Osiris, weighing of the heart against the feather of Ma'at
+- Mummification: Preservation of the body for the afterlife
+
+## Atenism
+Pharaoh Akhenaten (~1353–1336 BCE) briefly imposed monotheistic worship of the Aten (sun disk), suppressing other cults. Reversed after his death [^2].
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+[^1]: Wilkinson, R. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt* (2003)
+[^2]: Assmann, J. *The Search for God in Ancient Egypt* (Cornell, 2001)
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