The Egyptians believed that Ra was swallowed by the sky Goddess Nut and reborn every morning. They also believed that at night he traveled through the under world. When he was in the under world he appeared as a man with the head of a ram.
Ra was often considered to be the King of Gods and one of the central gods of the Egyptian Patheon. They also said he was the creator of everything.
The Egyptians built solar temples in honor of the King Ra. The temple did not have a statue of Ra, the sunlight was the statue. The Egyptians believed that the Sun