The Egyptian religion lasted for more than 3,000 years and the entailments of religious belief changed over the course of time as the prominence of particular gods rose and fell, and their relationships with each other changed. Innumerable times particular gods and goddesses became outstanding over the other, including the sun god Ra, the creator god Amun, and the mother goddess Isis. For a short while, under the rule of Akhenaten, a single god, the Aten, replaced the traditional pantheon. During this time, however, the original religion based on polytheism survived. There were several periods of foreign rule, until the coming of Christianity in the early centuries CE. The Egyptian religion left behind an abundance of religious writings, monuments,
