
Re
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One of a number of gods connected to the sun, Re was frequently portrayed as having a human body and a hawk’s head. During his nightly journey through the underworld, where he would have to vanquish the serpent god Apopis in order to rise again, it was thought that he traveled across the sky in a boat each day.
The epicenter of Re’s cult was in Heliopolis, which is now Cairo City. Re was eventually combined with other sun gods, particularly Amon.