Ra (/rɑː/; Ancient Egyptian: rꜥ; also transliterated rꜥw, Ancient Egyptian pronunciation: [ˈɾiːʕuw]; cuneiform: 𒊑𒀀 ri-a or 𒊑𒅀ri-ia; Phoenician: 𐤓𐤏...

the Sun god, Ra, as Amun-Ra (alternatively spelled Amon-Ra or Amun-Re). On his own, he was also thought to be the king of the gods. Amun-Ra retained chief...

anything flat and circular; the sun was called the "disc of the day" where Ra was thought to reside. By analogy, the term "silver aten" was sometimes used...

literally "the ba of the lord of the djed, which roughly means The soul of the lord of the pillar of continuity. The djed, a type of pillar, was usually understood...

prominence in the Pyramid Texts, where he is sometimes syncretized with Ra to form Ra-Atum, and is portrayed as both a creator and father to the king throughout...

the pharaohs. She was one of several goddesses who acted as the Eye of Ra, Ra's feminine counterpart, and in this form, she had a vengeful aspect that...

Ankh The Djed pillar These three combined symbols indicate the three creative powers of the god: power (was), life (ankh) and stability (djed). From the...

protection. The most common funerary amulets were the heart scarab, Wadjet Eye, Djed Pillar amulet, Wadj amulet, Tyet amulet, and the Golden-vulture collar, (for...

epithet 'the eye of Ra'. She is often associated with the goddesses Hathor and Bastet. Sekhmet is the daughter of the sun god, Ra, and is among the more...

container called hn, which might represent the womb of Nut. Sometimes a djed pillar supports the snake or the container, other times a man with raised...