In ancient Egypt, during the era of polytheism, there were as many as 2000 gods

and goddesses. Individual kings, workers, priest, merchants, and peasants worshipped all

kinds of different gods. For example, Egyptians throughout the country worshipped the

God Amun, while other Gods were only worshipped in local areas. Each God symbolized

either an abstract element or a characteristic. Gods represented the heavens, storms, evil,

justice and truth. According to the Egyptians, the Gods were often represented as part

human and part animal. Horus, the sky god had

the head of a hawk and the body of a

human. Egyptians also believed that the gods lived, died, went into battle, and had

Egyptians also believed in an after life. They did not believe that death

ended the existence of a person. They believed that the after

Muhammad, who lived between 570 and 632 A.D. Muslims believed him to be the last

reconverted to Christianity” (356). The Egyptian Christians are called Copts, a word

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