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Amon-Ra, Father of the Gods

Amon-Ra, Father of the Gods
The superior Egyptian deity Amon-Ra was a combination of Amon, a local Theban god, and Ra, the Sun god. Amon-Ra is depicted with a hawk’s head surmounted by a sun disk in this painting from the Tomb of Sennedjum, in Luxor, Egypt. The painting was created around 13 bc.
Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY
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