Facts About Egyptian Gods

Ancient Egyptians worshipped more than 8,700 gods and goddesses .

Osiris, Isis, Horus, Ra, Thoth and Seti were powerful deities in ancient Egypt's religious beliefs.

Ra was ancient Egypt's sun god and a supremely powerful god.

He was associated with the pharaoh's resurrection in the afterlife and with pyramid construction.

Each sunrise saw Ra symbolically reborn while each sunset witnessed his death.