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In the 20th century, E. A. Wallis Budge believed Egyptian commoners were polytheistic, but that educated scribes and nobles believed the many gods were all aspects of the same one. So Egyptian religion was ultimately monotheistic. Does this view have any support today?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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