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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

First of all he required Taa-ken to relinquish the worship of all the Egyptian gods except Amen-Ra, the chief god of Thebes, whom he probably identified with his own Sutekh.

From Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson

Wales, Druidic Celi Ced corresponds to Egyptian Amen-Ra; dual power; Central ruler; numeral seven in Welsh legend, 471.

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

We are here reminded of the fact, already noted, that the Egyptians represented their God of Generation, Khem, or Amen-Ra Generator, as wearing a conspicuous St. Andrew's cross.

From The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion by John Denham Parsons

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