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.

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Amen-Ra British  

/ ˌɑːmənˈrɑː /

noun

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

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Amen-Ra

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

Hawk god, in Egyptian zodiac, 400; on inscriptions in temple of Denderah, 401; Egyptian god Horus represented with head of hawk, 402; used as image of Amen-Ra, 412.

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

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

At Thebes the divine triad was formed by Amen-Ra, Mut-Hathor and Chonsu; at Edfu and Denderah we find Osiris, Isis-Sothis-Hathor and Horus.

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