Meet the gods of Egypt
To the Egyptians, writing was sacred as it gave reliability, and enabled all knowledge of the world to be recorded
Ra
God of the Sun
Ra was Egypt’s most important Sun god, also known as Khepri when rising, Atum when setting and the Aten as the solar disc. As the main creator deity, Ra also produced twin gods Shu and Tefnut.
Geb
God of the Earth
As the grandson of Ra and the son of Shu and Tefnut, greenskinned Geb represented the Earth
