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Re, Egyptian sun god

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Re is the Egyptian sun god, associated with creation, life and renewal of cosmic order

Pay raises his hands before Re-Harakhty, shown with a falcon’s head and solar disk, in a limestone stela fragment from Saqqara. The Met dates the object to about 1328–1318 BCE; inventory 04.2.527
Pay raises his hands before Re-Harakhty, shown with a falcon’s head and solar disk, in a limestone stela fragment from Saqqara. The Met dates the object to about 1328–1318 BCE; inventory 04.2.527The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 04.2.527 · Public Domain / Open Access CC0 · Public domainLicense · Related reference · Object record

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Re is the Egyptian sun god, associated with creation, life and renewal of cosmic order. [1]

Texts describe his daily journey across the sky and nightly journey through the underworld. His forms and divine relationships vary, requiring each witness to be read in its own period.

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  1. Metropolitan Museum of Art, identity and context: Re, Egyptian sun god. Description and source metadata Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 3 · 13 October 2026 · aladmin

    Substantive record update

    Read this revision in its original language (Arabic)

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

    Substantive record update

    Read this revision in its original language (Arabic)

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