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Arguably Ancient Egypt’s most important god, Ra was the Creator God. He was one of the first to emerge in Egyptian mythology. Ra created Earth, Heaven and the Underworld, as well as all of the gods and living creatures that inhabit these three worlds. Many ancient Egyptians believed they were born from Ra’s sweat and tears! Ra sailed across the sky during the day, carrying the sun, and then spent the nights travelling through the Underworld before helping to bring the sun up again the next morning.

Many of Egypt’s pharaohs tried to convince their subjects that they were the personification of Ra on Earth, creating vast sun temples. One of these was in the ancient city of Heliopolis. A single obelisk remains here in modern day Cairo, aged more than 4,000 years.

© Ben Bromley

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Arguably Ancient Egypt’s most important god, Ra was the Creator God. He was one of the first to emerge in Egyptian mythology. Ra created Earth, Heaven and the Underworld, as well as all of the gods and living creatures that inhabit these three worlds. Many ancient Egyptians believed they were born from Ra’s sweat and tears! Ra sailed across the sky during the day, carrying the sun, and then spent the nights travelling through the Underworld before helping to bring the sun up again the next morning.

Many of Egypt’s pharaohs tried to convince their subjects that they were the personification of Ra on Earth, creating vast sun temples. One of these was in the ancient city of Heliopolis. A single obelisk remains here in modern day Cairo, aged more than 4,000 years.

© Ben Bromley