High Priest

Priests

Scribe

Ma’at

Calendar http://showcase.netins.net/web/ankh/calendar1.html

Egyptian depiction of the Hyksos invasion

Map of Hellenistic kingdom

Bull gods worshiped in Memphis

Bastet above and Isis left

  Cults

Pre-Dynastic Period

Local animal gods and cults for every region

Early Dynastic Period

Development of a National Religion c.3200 BC.

Old Kingdom Ra sun god Pyramid Texts in Unas pyramid - 5th dynasty

Middle Kingdom 11th dynasty Mentu - Ra cult 12th dynasty Sobek in Fayum Coffin Texts

2nd Intermediate Seth cult

New Kingdom Amun combined with Ra became major cult Earliest examples of the Book of The Dead in 1500 BC. monotheism of Aten but quickly reverted

Ptolemaic Period Serapis new cult

Advancement of Egyptian religion

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