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| Ra was the sun god. He was the most important god of the ancient Egyptians.His name is meant to mean 'creative power'. Ra is recognised as a hawk or as a hawk headed man, he wore a headdress with a sun disk. Ra is shown in a boat, travelling through | |||||||||||||||||
| the waters of the underworld and heaven. In the underworld Ra appears as a man with the head of a ram. The ancient | |||||||||||||||||
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| Egyptians believed that Nut the sky goddess, swallowed Ra every night and he was reborn through her every morning. Ra was the father of Shu and Tefnut, grandfather to Nut and Geb, great-grandfather to Osiris, Set, Isis and Nephthys, and great-great-grandfather to Horus. | |||||||||||||||||
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