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Amen-Ra

American  
[ah-muhn-rah] / ˈɑ mənˈrɑ /
Or Amon-Ra

noun

Egyptian Mythology.
  1. a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.


Amen-Ra British  
/ ˌɑːmənˈrɑː /

noun

  1. Egyptian myth the sun-god; the principal deity during the period of Theban hegemony

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They went to Luxor, on their way to the Second Cataract, and there explored Thebes with its temple to Amen-Ra, unequaled on earth for its ruined magnificence.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2018

About 1,000 years before Christ, a priestess of the College of Amen-Ra lived and died in the mighty city of Thebes.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2018

Now what hawk, asked the people of each other, dare such a deed as this, unless in truth it was sent by the hawk-headed Horus, the son of Amen-Ra.

From Morning Star by Haggard, Henry Rider

The door=ptah, which is open, expresses the name Ptah=the Opener, well known as that of the “father of the gods” and a form of Amen-Ra.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

The records of his campaigns are for the most part preserved on a sandstone wall surrounding the great temple of Karnak, built by Thothmes III. in honour of Amen-Ra.

From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by King, James

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