This group gathers ancient Egyptian artworks depicting deities whose principal identity centers on the sun and the daily solar cycle. Ra, the sun god, was frequently merged with other gods to express different aspects of solar power, appearing as Ra-Horakhty, Ra united with the falcon sky god Horus, and as Amun-Re, Ra fused with the hidden god Amun, chief god of the New Kingdom state cult. Egyptian art rendered these solar figures with falcon heads, sun disks and uraeus serpents to mark their rule over sky and sunlight, and worshippers understood the sun's daily rising and setting as this deity's own journey through the sky and the underworld.
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1. Ra (Wikipedia)
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By the Fifth Dynasty, in the 25th and 24th centuries BC, Ra had become one of the most important gods in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the noon-day Sun.
Solar deity (Wikipedia)
- Has Member: "Faience Amulet of Ra Horakhty" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.4497), the Metropolitan Museum of Art accession record identifies the amulet's subject as Ra-Horakhty, a solar deity
- Has Member: Horus Falcon Wearing Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt with Uraeus, the Harvard Art Museums record identifies the falcon figure as Horus wearing the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, a solar sky deity
- Has Member: Amun-Re Pendant (Walters Art Museum, 57.1417), the Walters Art Museum record identifies the pendant's subject as Amun-Re, a solar deity
- Has Member: Inlay Depicting the Squatting God Re (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 26.7.1004), the Metropolitan Museum of Art record identifies the inlay's subject as the squatting god Re, a solar deity
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