why did the ancient Egyptians worships they gods so much?

Answer 1

Why do WE worship gods so much? Fear of what's going to happen when we die, and a way of explaining a complicated world that is impossible to understand.

Answer 2

The ancient Egyptians did not worship the Gods - they worshipped the attributes that the god figures represented. There were too many god figures to worship on a regular basis. So when you needed the attributes or powers that the god figure represented then they invoked the name of that god.
Even today that is still being done in the south of Egypt where time and tradition continues even though they have converted to Islam long ago. I have seen local women around Aswan,in the south of Egypt when she wished to become pregnant visit the temple of the goddess Isis to benefit from her powers of fertility.

The religious systems of ancient Egypt were the sole responsibility of the priesthood.Who maintained the temples and performed daily rituals and care to the god figures. The common people were not allowed into the temples but on special occasions could visit the courtyard of the temple. And thus the mystery of the Gods and the temples were maintained. The ancient historical records were also maintained by the preisthood as was the scientific knowledge which was also a mystery kept from the people and was for only a privileged few to know for example the royal family. Also at well known festival times known to everyone particular god figures were paraded in the streets near the temples for the people. These festival times had a double meaning to the preisthood that was enshrouded in scientific knowledge(the reason that the celebration existed)..

Answer 3

Oh, shoot, what a great question!
See the ancient Egyptians didn't have a real separation between science and religion. They were trying (being among the first civilizations) to understand their world, so they used their mythology, and in understanding, they sought to life life well, so they followed the rules.
But don't get the idea that Mnufu the Farmer spent all his time walking sideways and sacrificing lark's tongue pie to Horus. He was a farmer and probably paid about as much homage to his gods as Farmer Bob in Iowa does today ... that is, on the proper day, in the proper place. But that doesn't mean he let his worship get in the way of spreading the fertilizer or slaughtering some sheep.
So while Pharoah probably did begin and end every day with priests (being the living representation of the Sun God Ra on Earth), the average Egyptian peasant probably went to worship every now and then, celebrated the proper holidays when they came around (So, Khefer, what did you get your kids for Ra-mas?) and made the sacrifices that were required. But he didn't "worship so much" that it kept him from doing what he needed to do.
I hope you now have a clearer understanding. Thanks for asking such a great question.

Answer 4

There are no difference between ancient egypt and other cultures.

Egypt build better than others due a more complex society. with huge hospitals, administrative buildings and Sacerdotes rulled helping general management made by the Pharaoh. Due these factor, seems that they worship them more than other cultures, but the true is based on fact that they were a Healthy society and they had better architects.

Religion to egyptians were better integrated within political and social structure, as a knowledge storage and also social/health/technical distribution centers. Society depends of it to survive and receive correct distribution of the harvest.

Look to Greece, Rome, Bagda, Istambul, Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Salisbury in UK, Khonn kierche in Germany, Huge massive Evangelists cults in South America and North america, Huge xintoist Temples in China or Massive Budhas statues in Asia.

I really only could understand your question due the better construction that they build (and many are not linked to worship, but to tombs - natural power relevant symbols or administrative places).

Answer 5

The ancient Egyptians worshiped multiple gods - sometimes over 50 different gods. They believed their god were from the different powers of creation. As time went one and their civilization developed, they evolved their religious beliefs to adapt to their political beliefs also - meaning their pharaohs were considered to be gods living temporarily in human form. They were represented often as humans with the heads of animals. There was a brief period in time during Egyptian history when only one god was worshiped and that was during the reign of Akhenaten. After his death, (and the during the rule of little king tut) multiple gods were worshiped again.

Answer 6

The human being has always been in awe of nature and has sought to understand it and to explain natural phenomena.
The less people are able to explain, the more they resort to a religious explanation, which per definition does not need any proof. The Egyptians, many thousands of years ago, were an example of such a people and they were indeed very religious.
The more science is able to comprehend how nature works, the less influence religion has, to the extreme that today many people are not religious anymore. Even if they don't understand everything that happens in nature, they are convinced that if not today, then in the near future scientific explanations are surely forthcoming. That's why religion has lost so much terrain, except among primitive people who do not know or don't want to know the power of scientific explanations

Answer 7

jendralus---wow...that's all I can say about your answer.
As to the answer to the main question: the Egyptians worshipped gods so much for the same reason Christians do, and Muslims, and Jews,etc...they sought explaination for the unexplainable. That's as simple as I can put it.

Answer 8

ancient Egyptians were Black Africans and they worshipped sun god

Answer 9

They believed they were going to meet them in the next life. They had to go before them and have their hearts weighed on a scale to see if it weighed more than a feather to make sure they could go on to the next life. They also had to answer their questions (the answers were buried with them as the Book of the Dead, as a cheat sheet). And they believed the gods controlled every aspect of their lives--you want to stay on good terms with anybody who has that much control over you.

Answer 10

Not only Egyptians also all ancient civilizations worshipped God.They mostly worshiped nature,sun,moon ,venus ,fore etc.God is unknown force.Any form of worship is ok.