Spiritual and ancestral worship in Egypt during prehistoric and early dynastic period

الملخص EN

The ancient Egyptians had an extremely religious culture and strong believers in the afterlife; they lived in a religious community with multiple Gods, meaning that instead of worshipping just one god, they worshipped many different gods and goddesses and they had known the ancestral worship.

Evidence for the existence of ancestor worship is varied and abundant; some of the ancestral spirits are regarded as good and some as evil.

The role of ancestors is also obscured in many societies whose religions are based on spirituality; such as the hunters and gatherers who had lived in Egypt during the prehistoric period.

The article tries to clarify the meaning of "ancestor worship" in ancient Egypt during the prehistoric period and the early dynastic times by showing many examples and evidences which emphasized the role of ancestor worship in Egypt.