Ra
c. 2600 BCE – 400 CEattested
Heliopolis and Upper Egypt
- Egyptian
The sun as a god who is born, ages and dies every day, and each night sails through the underworld to fight the serpent that would stop the sun coming back.
Known for
- the solar barque
- nightly battle with Apep
- kingship from the sun
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.