 In official writings , pharaohs are said to be divine , and they are constantly depicted in the company of the deities of the pantheon . Each pharaoh and his predecessors were considered the successors of the gods who had ruled Egypt in mythic prehistory . Living kings were equated with Horus and called the " son " of many deities , particularly Osiris and Ra ; deceased kings were equated with these elder gods . Pharaohs had their own mortuary temples where rituals were performed for them during their lives and after their deaths . But few pharaohs were worshipped as gods long after their lifetimes , and non @-@ official texts portray kings in a human light . For these reasons , scholars disagree about how genuinely most Egyptians believed the king to be a god . He may only have been considered divine when he was performing ceremonies . 
 In official writings , pharaohs are said to be divine , and they are constantly depicted in the company of the deities of the pantheon . Each pharaoh and his predecessors <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> considered the successors of the gods <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> ruled Egypt in mythic prehistory . Living kings <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> equated with Horus and called the " son " of many deities , particularly Osiris and Ra ; deceased kings <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> equated with these elder gods . Pharaohs had their own mortuary temples where rituals <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> performed for them during their lives and after their deaths . But few pharaohs <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>were</mark></a> worshipped as gods long after their lifetimes , and non @-@ official texts portray kings in a human light . For these reasons , scholars disagree about how genuinely most Egyptians believed the king to be a god . He may only <a href='been_done' title='8'><mark>have</mark></a> been considered divine when he was performing ceremonies . 
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