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Egypt · The sun, and kingship

Ra rꜥ

Also written Re and Ra-Horakhty.

Ra, A falcon-headed man carrying the sun disk, often with a cobra coiled at it
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God of
The sun, and kingship
Recognised by
A falcon-headed man carrying the sun disk, often with a cobra coiled at it
Chief cult centre
Heliopolis

The sun itself and the king of the gods for much of Egyptian history. He crosses the sky by day in a boat and the underworld by night, where the journey is a nightly contest rather than a rest.

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