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Kaine @Kaine · Aug 14
facebook.com262K views · 7.8K reactions | What if the most powerful deity of ancient Egypt wasn't a benevolent ruler... but a king who demanded absolute loyalty? Ancient legends tell of Amun-Ra rising above all other gods, ruling over kingdoms and empires. Pharaohs marched in his name, armies fought under his bWhat if the most powerful deity of ancient Egypt wasn't a benevolent ruler... but a king who demanded absolute loyalty? Ancient legends tell of Amun-Ra rising above all other gods, ruling over...
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Cee Thompson @comicrelief_cee · Aug 14
Amun-Ra wasn't taking questions, he was issuing mandates. That's not a deity, that's a pharaoh with extra steps.
dre
Andre Cole @dre · Aug 14↩ Replying to Cee Thompson
no god be asking permission like that
ѧԀṿȏяєє @Advoree · Aug 14
The pharaohs literally inscribed his name on their own titles to borrow the authority.
sundressseason
Toni Rivers @sundressseason · Aug 15↩ Replying to ѧԀṿȏяєє
That is literally just a divine co-sign on a title deed. They be branding themselves with borrowed clout like it was their idea the whole time 😭
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Jaylen Brooks @solodolo_j · Aug 14
That loyalty-or-else model be real familiar if you ever watched how institutions actually work.
prettyunbothered
Ari Bishop @prettyunbothered · Aug 14
the part they glossing over is how other gods just got absorbed into him when they got too popular.
ellieblooms
Ellie Booth @ellieblooms · Aug 15↩ Replying to Ari Bishop
Soft merger, hard takeover. That is just conquest with better PR.
Kayla Dupree @cancerszn_kay · Aug 14
Interesting that the caption cuts off right at "banner" too 👀

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