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Ra, god in Lower Egypt: The sun god, usually shown in human form with a falcon head.
URL: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/Ra.gif

Maat, goddess in Middle Egypt: The goddess of truth, order and justice, symbol was a feather.

URL: http://www.talariaenterprises.com/images/tal865pa.jpg

Osiris, god in Lower Egypt: The god of the underworld, normally a man in mummy wrappings wearing a plummed crown.

URL: http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/images/osiris.jpg

Isis, goddess in Upper Egypt: The protector of the living and the dead, shown as a woman with a throne headdress.

URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/images/gods_isis.jpg

Horus, god in Upper Egypt: The sky god, also known as a hawk-headed human.

URL: http://www.kenseamedia.com/egyptian_gods/images/horus_elder.jpg

Thoth, god in Middle Egypt: The god of scribes and knowledge, known in one of 3 forms: an ibis, man with the head of an ibis, or a baboon.

URL: http://depts.washington.edu/dmgmedia/0.Amanuensis/images.invis/thothscribe.gif

Ptah, god in Upper Egypt: The god of Memphis who invented the arts, known in the form of a mummy holding the djed.

URL: http://www.kenseamedia.com/egyptian_gods/images/ptah_triad.jpg

Hathor, goddess in Upper Egypt: The goddess of pleasure and music, represented as a woman wearing a sun disk and cow horns or as a cow holding the sistrum.

URL: http://www.tigtail.org/TIG/M_View/TVM/E/Ancient/Egypt/Egypt-info/symbols/pix/icon_hathor2.gif

Anubis, god in Upper Egypt: The god of cemeteries and embalming, represented in one of two forms: crouching black jackal or priest wearing mask of jackal.

URL: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/anubis.gif

Hapi, god in Upper Egypt: The god of the Nile, usually known as a fat man holding symbols of abundunce.

URL: http://www.kenseamedia.com/egyptian_gods/images/hapy_bw.jpg

Sobek, god in Upper Egypt: The crocodile god, normally represented by a crocodile or as a man wearing a crocodile’s head.

URL: http://www.kenseamedia.com/egyptian_gods/images/sobek.jpg

Wadjet, goddess in Lower Egypt: The protector of Egypt and cobra goddess, shown as a woman with a cobra head or as a cobra about to strike at a nation’s enemies.

URL: http://www.aelives.com/gods/wadjet.gif

Bastet, goddess in Lower Egypt: The goddess of life, fertility, love and joy, known as a cat-headed woman or a lioness.

URL: http://www.themysticcorner.com/images/Bast.jpg

Nekhbet, god in Upper Egypt: The patroness of Upper Egypt and vulture goddess, known as a vulture or a woman wearing a white crown of Upper Egypt.

URL: http://www.neferchichi.com/images/godsinfo/nekhbet.jpg

Mut: The war goddess, known as a woman with a vulture head-dress or crowns or as lion-headed woman.

URL: http://www.aelives.com/gods/mut.jpg

Khons: The moon god, usually known as a mummified youth with a lock of hair on his head and sometimes with the crescent of moon. Khons could also be known with a falcon’s head.

URL: http://www.aelives.com/gods/khensu.gif

Some information from:

• http://www.kenseamedia.com/egyptian_gods/