Pharoh's and many people were buried with statues of gods. Many people also had statues of gods in their house. Egyptians had many gods and allowed people to choose which god or gods or goddess or goddesses they wish to worship. There were gods for many things. Here are some famous ones.
Anubis: The god of embalming and the dead.
Aten: The sun god.
Osiris: The god of the dead, and ruler of the underworld.
Ra: Another sun god.
Shu: God of air.
Thoth: God of writing and knowledge.
Seth: God of chaos and the desert.
Tefnut: Goddess of moisture.
Nut: Sky Goddess.
Nun: God of water.
Horus: God of the sky and protector of Egypt.
Bes: Protector of pregnant women, newborn babies, and family.
There were thousands of other gods too but there are too many to list. These ones were just the most popular ones.
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