Amun-Ra - The Hidden One
Amun-Ra or Amon, the Supreme Creator God, was most likely worshipped from the predynastic era to the end of the Egyptian period, roughly 400 AD. His cult's focal points were dispersed across Karnak and even outside of Egyptian territory. Amun-Ra was created when he fused with the solar god Ra.
Amun is the sun god, ruler of the sky, and ruler of Egypt. He is thought to be a primordial deity that existed in the chaos during the birth of the universe and was one of the eight Ogdoad gods, along with the goddess Amunet, who stood for concealed strength.
His female counterpart, Amunet, was referred to as the Female Hidden One, and he was believed to be the father of the pharaohs. Along with Mut and their son Khonsu (The Moon God), Amun-Ra was a member of the so-called "Theban Triad," which was highly revered in ancient Egypt.
He is depicted as a pharaoh with blue skin, a modius (turban), and two large plumes of feathers on top, signifying his rule over both Upper and Lower Egypt.
He is represented by a ram with curled horns who reveres the Nile goose. He is a divinity who is thought to be unseen but omnipresent, hidden but expanding over the cosmos. The best anthropomorphic description is "hidden of aspect, cryptic in form" in hymns. (Ra-Light; Amun-Hidden)
He gained prominence and the title of "King of the Gods" in the New Kingdom when he was identified as the former sun deity of Heliopolis. He was venerated as a snake god in Thebes, where the snake symbolized immortality and perpetual rebirth. He was equated with Zeus during the early Greek civilizations.
