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Gods and goddesses were
central to ancient Egyptian beliefs about both life and
an afterlife. The Egyptians worshiped many gods and goddesses,
associating some with creation, rebirth, and natural phenomena,
and worshiping others as personifications of concepts
or for their connections to specific places. The names
of gods and goddesses whose images appear in the Brooklyn
Museum of Art’s Egyptian galleries are given here
with simple definitions.
The Greek language was widely used in ancient Egypt during the
Macedonian and Ptolemaic periods (332–30 B.C.), and both
ancient Egyptian and Greek versions of the names of many gods
and goddesses exist. Here, the names listed first match those
used in the Brooklyn Museum of Art’s gallery labels. Greek
names are followed by their ancient Egyptian versions in parentheses.
Scroll down or select an underlined letter to look for the name of
a specific god or goddess. The illustrations are of objects
in the Brooklyn Museum of Art’s collection.
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