Egyptian histories are a blend of divinity and devotion; there is no recent or distant memory that has not been saturated with faith, in a variety of forms. Religion has, and seems to still be, a distinct and unmissable facet of Egyptian identity. Tiding time has seen the passage of archaic ideologies, coagulated belief systems, Abrahamic monotheism, and more niche, unknown sects. Subtle nods to antiquity remain in Osiris and Horus, more candid ones in towering mosque minarets and Coptic cross tattoos. It becomes hard to deny the salience of gods in Egyptian culture – and for that reason, here is a breakdown of the main religions Egyptians have rested on over the centuries, and perhaps, to this day. Ancient Egyptian From predynastic Egypt, prior to the country’s unification, archaeologists were able to unearth structures and sculpture that indicated the earliest Egyptians engaged in a form of worship. It was estimated that various areas in the countries focused on specific deities, local cults. Egypt’s unification and increasingly organized religion included over 80 deities in its pantheon, and three creation myths for the origins of humankind in Egypt. Progressively, rulers were…
