Ra is first mentioned in the Pyramid Texts (c. 2400-2300 BCE), the oldest religious works in the world, which were inscribed on the sarcophagi and walls of tombs at Saqqara. In these, Ra gathers the soul of the king to himself and takes him to the paradise of the Field of Reeds in his golden barge. Worship of Ra was already well established at the time these texts – which are thought to derive from a much earlier oral tradition – were inscribed. His cult center was at the city of Iunu (better known as Heliopolis, the Greek name, which means “city of the sun god”). Ra is depicted in the Pyramid Texts not only as the supreme ruler of the gods, nor simply a comforter of the newly arrived soul in the afterlife, but as the embodiment of divine order and balance.
https://www.worldhistory.org/Ra_(Egyptian_God)/
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10 x 20 in Diptych, Original Acrylic Diptych
Ra is first mentioned in the Pyramid Texts (c. 2400-2300 BCE), the oldest religious works in the world, which were inscribed on the sarcophagi and walls of tombs at Saqqara. In these, Ra gathers the soul of the king to himself and takes him to the paradise of the Field of Reeds in his golden barge. Worship of Ra was already well established at the time these texts – which are thought to derive from a much earlier oral tradition – were inscribed. His cult center was at the city of Iunu (better known as Heliopolis, the Greek name, which means “city of the sun god”). Ra is depicted in the Pyramid Texts not only as the supreme ruler of the gods, nor simply a comforter of the newly arrived soul in the afterlife, but as the embodiment of divine order and balance.
https://www.worldhistory.org/Ra_(Egyptian_God)/
Framing available upon request for an additional fee.
10 x 20 in Diptych, Original Acrylic Diptych