Ra
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Ra or Re was the ancient Egyptian deity of the Sun. 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 prima
Jewelry of Ra as a falcon with spread wings, adorned with the sun-disk and holding the ankh, the hieroglyphic symbol of life
Inlay depicting the squatting Ra with the sun-disk placed atop his falcon head
Ra in his ram-headed form traveling through the underworld in his solar barque on the subterrestrial Nile, from the copy of the Book of Gates in the tomb of Ramses I (KV16)
Ra and Imentet from the tomb of Nefertari, 13th century BC
Sekhmet
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In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet is a warrior goddess as well as goddess of medicine.
Ra
…themselves the "Cattle of Ra". In the myth of the Celestial Cow, it is recounted how humankind plotted against Ra and how he sent his eye as the goddess Sekhmet to punish them. According to Egyptian myth, when Ra became too old and weary to reign on Earth, he relinquished and went to the skies. As the Sun god…
Wall relief of Sekhmet, Temple of Kom Ombo
This golden cultic object is called an aegis. It is devoted to Sekhmet, highlighting her solar attributes. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.