Why aren't the Egyptian gods famous around the world?

In Ridley Scott's upcoming movie Exodus: Gods and Kings, white people play ancient Egyptian royalty and the few non-white actors are slaves, thieves, and the lower class. ... While these two films aren't the only movies that have white-washed ancient Egypt, they're maybe the most frustrating. read more

Most famously King Akhenathen declared all gods as false idols and outlawed all of them except the one and only God, Athen, symbolised by the sun disc. He outlawed their cults, rituals, temples, treasures, schools, social centres and names. Only the one and only God was to be worshipped. read more

Painted with green skin in the portrayals, Osiris was a god of vegetation which indicated Renewal and Growth and took in charge for the fertile flooding and the vegetation around the Nile banks. Osiris married his own sister Isis and was murdered by his own brother Seth. read more

The Ancient Egyptian Gods Except for a brief period of time when Akhenaten tried to instill a monotheistic dedication to one god, Egypt was ruled by numerous gods and goddess. The ancient Egyptian religion was polytheistic, meaning the ancient Egyptians worshiped many gods (there are about 2000 known gods and goddesses). read more