What did the ancient Egyptians believe in?

THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GODS

The gods of old Egypt rule over us here,\ Bringing us wisdom and wonder and fear.\ They look like the things that\ The natural world shapes,\ Like jackals and beetles and lions.\ And apes!

Babi watched over his troupe of baboons,\ Ihy, would charm with his beautiful tunes,\ Thoth was the scribe god of reading and writing!\ Sekhmet the lioness, war god, she liked fighting!

Anubis took care of the recently dead,\ Rah wore the sun on the top of his head!

The stories align to the planets and stars!\ The sun and the moon, in the timeless stone we'd carve.\ Great statues, such forms, we revere, we adore,\ The ancient Egyptian gods.

For 3000 years they watched over these lands,\ Holding the fate of the world in their hands,\ Horus would watch with his all-seeing eye,\ Nut moved the moon and she held up the sky,\ Isis taught humanity, and healed us when we're hurt,\ Osiris , god of life and death, controlled the underworld,\ Ptah built the Earth and created us all,\ Seth, god of chaos, was an evil so and so!

The stories align to the planets and stars,\ The sun and the moon, in the timeless stone we'd carve.\ Great statues, such forms, we revere, we adore,\ The ancient Egyptian gods,\ The ancient Egyptian gods!

The gods

The ancient Egyptians had many gods. Gods created the universe and maintained order, but they were also involved in everyday life.

Egyptians believed that a long time ago, only chaos existed. Out of chaos a hill emerged (called the Benben). The first god, Atum, was sitting on the hill.

Atum, realising he was alone, created two children called Shu and Tefnut. His children left to create the world. Shu and Tefnut were away for a long time so Atum sent his eye to look for them.

Shu and Tefnut returned with Atum's eye and he was so grateful the eye started crying. The tears dropped to the earth on the hill and from them the first humans were created!