{"id":27544,"date":"2023-08-13T08:37:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T06:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=238775"},"modified":"2023-08-13T11:11:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T09:11:34","slug":"ancient-egyptian-religion-everything-you-wanted-to-know","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/ancient-egyptian-religion-everything-you-wanted-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Egyptian religion: everything you wanted to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

From animal-headed gods to the afterlife, Joyce Tyldesley answers listener questions about religion in ancient Egypt <\/p>

By Danny Bird\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 13 August 2023 at 06:37 AM<\/p>

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For more than 3,000 years, the ancient Egyptians adhered to a rich and complex system of beliefs, worshipping a vast pantheon of mighty \u2013 and often animal-headed \u2013 gods and goddesses. But how did this dynamic religion emerge? What was the pharaoh\u2019s role in rituals? And what did the Egyptians believe happened to them after death? In our latest everything you wanted to know episode, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley speaks to Danny Bird to answer your questions on the mysteries surrounding religion in ancient Egypt.<\/p>\n\n

Joyce Tyldesley\u2019s books include The Penguin Book of Myth and Legends of Ancient Egypt<\/em> (Penguin, 2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n