Egypt: Image of a priest offering incense to the god Ra-Horakhty-Atum. Painted wood, 20th Dynasty, c. 900 BCE. Photo by Rama (CC BY-SA 3.0 License)

In later Egyptian mythology, Ra-Horakhty was more of a title or manifestation than a composite deity. It may be translated as 'Ra (who is) Horus of the Horizons'.

Ra-Horakhty was intended to link Horakhty (as a sunrise-oriented aspect of Horus) to Ra. It has been suggested that Ra-Horakhty simply refers to the sun's journey from horizon to horizon as Ra, or that it means to show Ra as a symbolic deity of hope and rebirth.

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