Pharaoh Akhenaten
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Ancient Egyptians believed God Kings to be incarnations of their god, Horus. One Pharaoh believed to be such an incarnation was Narmer, also known as Menes, who ruled in the first century. He is believed to have been the first God King.
No there is only one true God and Only Heaven and Earth and no in betweens. Answer: All afterlives are as real to the believers as any other. The Pharaoh's believed they would be judged by Ptah, Christians fully expect there to be a Heaven, Vikings knew there was a Valhalla, native amrican believed in a"happy hunting ground", even the Greeks had a rather dismal afterlife of wandering around. Nobody has come back to say that they were wrong in their beliefs.
The Ancient Egyptians believed the Pharaohs (rulers) to be gods themselves. Many gods were worshiped by the Pharaohs during their reign from Amun/Amen to Isis and Osiris and the god Anubis - the god jackal to Ra. Even Alexander the Great was honored by the Egyptian priests as son of Amun - Zeus. After death, the Pharaohs were believed to unite with the god Osiris.
Why did the egyptians willingly serve the pharaoh you ak? Well, one reason was that they believed in the unity of the kingdom depended on a strong leader. Another was that they considered the pharaoh to be the son of Re (RAY), the Egyptian sun god. Hope this helped!
Nobles and commoners obey the pharaoh because he is the greatest and most powerful also he us their god.