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been erected in the exact spot where



         Ra emerged into creation. There is




         a misconception about Ra though.



         People believe that he is in fact the



         first god in existence since he created




         other gods. However he is in fact



         not the oldest of  the Egyptian gods.



         Ra was one of  the beings that had


 made  in  the  sort  of   way  that   greater connection to the humans,




 they were open to sunlight which   and thus the people viewed him



 represented Ra. The earliest temple   as the first being. Ra is associated



 known as “Benu-Phoenix” which was   greatly with pharaohs. This is due to




 made in Heliopolis, which is now a   the fact that Ra was the first pharaoh



 Cairo suburb, was believed to have   to govern over the mortals. Pharaohs
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