 The first written evidence of deities in Egypt comes from the Early Dynastic Period ( c . 3100 – 2686 BC ) . Deities must have emerged sometime in the preceding Predynastic Period ( before 3100 BC ) and grown out of prehistoric religious beliefs . Predynastic artwork depicts a variety of animal and human figures . Some of these images , such as stars and cattle , are reminiscent of important features of Egyptian religion in later times , but in most cases there is not enough evidence to say whether the images are connected with deities . As Egyptian society grew more sophisticated , clearer signs of religious activity appeared . The earliest known temples appeared in the last centuries of the predynastic era , along with images that resemble the iconographies of known deities : the falcon that represents Horus and several other gods , the crossed arrows that stand for Neith , and the enigmatic " Set animal " that represents Set . 
 The first written evidence of deities in Egypt <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>comes</mark></a> from the Early Dynastic Period ( c . 3100 – 2686 BC ) . Deities must <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>have</mark></a> emerged sometime in the preceding Predynastic Period ( before 3100 BC ) and grown out of prehistoric religious beliefs . Predynastic artwork <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>depicts</mark></a> a variety of animal and human figures . Some of these images , such as stars and cattle , <a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>are</mark></a>reminiscent of important features of Egyptian religion in later times , but in most cases <a href='dey_it' title='5'><mark>there</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='7'><mark>not</mark></a>enough evidence to say whether the images are connected with deities . As Egyptian society grew more sophisticated , clearer signs of religious activity appeared . The earliest known temples appeared in the last centuries of the predynastic era , along with images <a href='null_relcl' title='8'><mark>that</mark></a>resemble the iconographies of known deities : the falcon <a href='null_relcl' title='9'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>represents</mark></a> Horus and several other gods , the crossed arrows <a href='null_relcl' title='11'><mark>that</mark></a>stand for Neith , and the enigmatic " Set animal " <a href='null_relcl' title='12'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='13'><mark>represents</mark></a> Set . 
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