Portal to the Egyptian God Ra - Remote Bridging
Ra-Horakhty was the ancient Egyptian deity of the sun. By the Fifth Dynasty, in the 25th and 24th centuries BC, he had become one of the most important gods in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the noon-day sun. Ra ruled in all parts of the created world: the sky, the earth, and the underworld. He was believed to have ruled as the first pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. He was the god of the sun, order, kings and the sky.Ra was portrayed as a falcon and shared characteristics with the sky-god Horus. At times the two deities were merged as Ra-Horakhty, "Ra, who is Horus of the Two Horizons". In the New Kingdom, when the god Amun rose to prominence he was fused with Ra as Amun-Ra. As the first sunrise, he often emerged as a shining bird or golden child from the watery chaos of Nun. As the supreme deity of the ancient Egyptian pantheon, Ra represented the warmth and nourishment necessary for the growth of crops and the sustenance of all life. His power was so great that he was