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Atum is an Egyptian creator god associated with Heliopolis

Atum as a human-headed cobra above an animal-mummy box. Made of cupreous metal, the object is dated by the Met to 664–30 BCE; inventory 04.2.519. It illustrates one of the god’s forms in later Egyptian periods
Atum as a human-headed cobra above an animal-mummy box. Made of cupreous metal, the object is dated by the Met to 664–30 BCE; inventory 04.2.519. It illustrates one of the god’s forms in later Egyptian periodsThe Metropolitan Museum of Art · 04.2.519 · Public Domain / Open Access CC0 · Public domainLicense · Related reference · Object record

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Atum is an Egyptian creator god associated with HeliopolisHeliopolis, ancient IunuHeliopolis is the Greek name of Egyptian Iunu, at Matariya in northern present-day CairoGlossary · Click to read the explanation. [1]

These traditions present him as the beginning from which gods and the world emerge. His connection with Re and the sun belongs to Egypt’s varied accounts of creation.

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  1. Global Egyptian Museum, identity and context: Atum. Description and source metadata Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 2 · 13 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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