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What is the earliest documentation of Ra, the Egyptian god of the Sun? Much of the research I've found discusses how Ra became the main deity of Egypt by the Fifth Dynasty in the 25th and 24th centuries BC, but nothing gives an period for his earliest mention.

by /u/PopCultureNerd in /r/AskHistorians

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