The beliefs and rituals now referred to as "ancient Egyptian religion" were integral within every aspect of Egyptian culture. The Egyptian language possessed no single term corresponding to the modern European concept of

Temples
Temples existed from the beginning of Egyptian history, and at the height of the civilization they were present in most of its towns. They included both

• Prehistoric religion
• Religions of the ancient Near East
• Outline of ancient Egypt
• Index of Egyptian mythology articles

• Clarysse, Willy; Schoors, Antoon; Willems, Harco; Quaegebeur, Jan (1998). Egyptian Religion: The Last Thousand Years: Studies Dedicated to the Memory of Jan Quaegebeur. Peeters. ISBN 90-429-0669-3..
• Harris, Geraldine; Sibbick, John; O'Connor, David (1992).

While the Egyptians had no unified religious scripture, they produced many religious writings of various types. Together the disparate texts provide an extensive, but still incomplete, understanding of Egyptian religious practices and beliefs.

Predynastic and Early Dynastic periods
The beginnings of Egyptian religion extend into prehistory, though evidence for them comes only from the sparse and ambiguous archaeological record. Careful burials during the Predynastic period imply that the people of this

• Allen, James P (2000). Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-77483-7.
• Assmann, Jan (2001) [1984].