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The bark of the sun

The bark of the sun.jpg Reproduction of a Picture in the Maya Codex Troano representing the Rain-god Chac treading upon the Serpent's headThumbnailsThe Sun-God of EdfuReproduction of a Picture in the Maya Codex Troano representing the Rain-god Chac treading upon the Serpent's headThumbnailsThe Sun-God of EdfuReproduction of a Picture in the Maya Codex Troano representing the Rain-god Chac treading upon the Serpent's headThumbnailsThe Sun-God of EdfuReproduction of a Picture in the Maya Codex Troano representing the Rain-god Chac treading upon the Serpent's headThumbnailsThe Sun-God of Edfu

To the Egyptians there was no god of higher than the sun god, who was regarded as the sole creator, and ruler of the world; from the bark in which he traversed the heavens,
the great god, the gor of heaven governed all things, and who-soeve in daily life merely speaks of the god, he will think of him.