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The Egyptians worshipped hundreds of different gods and goddesses. In fact, there were so many that it was sometimes to tell who was who. Many of the gods were represented by animals: a baboon might stand for Thoth, god of wisdom, at one temple, and a moon-god called Khonsu at another. Each of the 42 different districts had its own god, and there were so many besides. Overall, the sun-god was the dominant deity in Egyptian religion, although he could take different forms. At dawn he would be Khepri, the scarab beetle rolling the sun disc above the eastern horizon. In the evening the god was Atum, an old man. He could become Re-Harakhty, the great hawk soaring in the sky. He was seen as responsible for all creation- people, animals, the fertility of the soil, and the king's journey through the underworld. As Amun- Re he was king of the gods and protector of the pharaoh when he went on military campaigns. The pharaoh Akhenaten saw the sun-god as a disc with rays ending in human hands holding the sign of life to the royal family and he banished all other gods. His famous son, Tutankhamen restored them once more.