Religion had a prominent role in early Egyptian societies. The communities each created their own gods to pray to until Egypt started to unify. When Egypt unified, citizens loyalty went to pharaohs. Pharaohs were the top priests in the country and under them were priests that stood in for him/her at local temples. Deep inside the temples held gods, which ordinary people could never get too. The gods and priests guarded the societies against chaos and created pleasant lives in the "next world." Some of the familiar gods are:
Anubis
Thoth
Horus
Osiris
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