A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient Egyptian beliefs, before Egypt had human kings, the ruler was the god Ra. He was the creator sun god and the ruler of the gods and humankind.
Ra - the creator of all things - was born each morning and died each evening. The time of his reign is attested by a text inscribed on one of the shrines found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun (c. 1336 BC- 1327 BC).
Ra in his ram-headed form traveling through the underworld in his solar bark on the subterranean Nile, from the copy of the Book of Gates in the tomb of Ramses I (KV16). Unknown derivative work: A. Parrot - Public Domain
The text was also found on the walls of royal tombs. It is also believed that the original version of this myth may have originated much earlier, probably in a year when the great Nile River failed to flood, and thousands of people died.
When Ra grew old, people came out against him and began plotting to overthrow him. Their lack of respect for the highest deity angered him, and he decided to take revenge.
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