Egyptian God Ra

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Ra The God Of The Sun
Ra is the egyptian god of the sun, he is considered one of the most important gods to the egyptians.
Ancient egyptians believed ra was the creator of the world, part of him was also represented in every other god. They believed all other gods should illustrate some aspect of him and that he should represent all other gods. Ra was usually depicted in human form. He had a falcon head which is crowned with a sun disc. This sun disc was encircled by a sacred cobra named Uraeus. Ra has also been depicted as a man with the head of a beetle and also a human man with the head of a ram. The ancients also depicted Ra in full species form such as a serpent, heron, bull, lion, cat, ram, hawk, beetle, phoenix and others. His main

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