Why did they worship in ancient Egypt?

Answer 1

They worshiped a large number of gods including

• Ammut, or Ammit or Ahemait, is the crocodile goddess known as the "Devourer of the Dead". Also known as Ammit the Devourer. Ammut also assists Anubis with carrying out the Judgements
• Anput is the wife of Anubis Anput is the goddess of the seventeenth Nome of Upper Egypt. Other sources say she is the desert goddess. Anput the mother of Kebechet.
• Anubis is god of judgement of life and death
• Anuket is the goddess of river Nile.
• Apophis is the god of chaos and war.
• Aten
• Babi is the god of baboons.
• Bast is the cat goddess.
• Bastet Goddess of Cats, later version of Bast
• Bes is the dwarf god.
• Geb is the god of the earth.
• Gengen-Wer is the goose god.
• Hapi is the god of the nile.
• Hathor is the goddess of love.
• Heket is the goddess of frogs.
• Horus is the God of War,sky, and falcons and son of Osiris.
• Isis is the goddess of magic, marriage, healing, and motherhood. She is the wife and sister of Osiris and the mother of Horus.
• Kebechet the goddess of purification, also is known as the wandering goddess, or the lost child.
• Khepri is the god of scarab beetles. (Ra's aspect in the morning).
• Khmun is the ram-headed god. (Ra's aspect in the evening).
• Khonsu is the god of the Moon.
• Ma'at is the goddess of justice and of order.
• Mafdet is the god of justice.
• Mekhit is the minor loin goddess; married to Onuris.
• Nephthys is the river goddess.
• Nekhbet is the vulture goddess.
• Nut is the goddess of sky and stars.
• Osiris is the god of the underworld and the afterlife. Husband and brother of Isis.
• Ptah is the god of creation.
• Ra is the god of the Sun and king of the gods until Osiris took over his throne. Also known as Amun-Ra and Akmun-Rah.
• Sehkmet is the goddess of lions and fire also goddess of vengeance, alter form of Isis.
• Serqet is the goddess of scorpions.
• Seshat is the goddess of writing and measurement.
• Seth is the god of deserts, storms, evil, and chaos also later version ruler of the underworld.
• Shu is the god of wind and air.
• Sobek is the god of crocodiles and alligators.
• Tawaret is the hippopotamus goddess, and the goddess of childbirth and fertility.
• Thoth is the scribe god and the god of wisdom, also known as Djehuti.
• Wadjet is a goddess of protection.