The Death of Gods  The Death of Gods  by Jimmy Dunn  Osiris,
wrapped in a mummy's bandages, stands beside a stylized tomb
There are actually many similarities between ancient Egyptian
religion and our modern faiths, but one very distinct difference
is that Egyptian gods had a finite 'birth' and 'death'. In fact,
they could die, and then they could also cease to exist. What
this means is that, like the Egyptians themselves, the gods
could die and be resurrected, sometimes on a cyclical basis, but
there would also be an end of time when they would permanently
vanish from existence.  To a certain extent, it is interesting
that the Egyptians really even thought in terms of a beginning
and ending of time. Certainly they must have wondered, as
apparently most mankind has throughout our existence, about
where we and our earth originated and one might suppose that
this lead to thought about its eventual end. Even today, modern
religions do not contemplate the end of existence. Yet cycles
were much more dominant in t