The worship of some Egyptian gods spread to neighboring lands , especially to Canaan and Nubia during the New Kingdom , when those regions was under pharaonic control . In Canaan , the exported deities , including Hathor , Amun , and Set , was often syncretized with native gods , who in turn spread to Egypt . The Egyptian deities may not have had permanent temples in Canaan , and their importance there waned after Egypt lost control of the region . In contrast , many temples to the major Egyptian gods and deified pharaohs was built in Nubia . After the end of Egyptian rule there , the imported gods , particularly Amun and Isis , was syncretized with local deities and remained part of the religion of Nubia 's independent Kingdom of Kush . These gods was incorporated into the Nubian ideology of kingship much as they was in Egypt , so that Amun was considered the divine father of the king and Isis and other goddesses was linked with the Nubian queen , the kandake . Some deities reached farther . Taweret became a goddess in Minoan Crete , and Amun 's oracle at Siwa Oasis was known to and consulted by people across the Mediterranean region .