Heliopolitan

Many Heliopolis and Cairo residents from different districts await this annual event, where they can enjoy themselves and indulge in the beauty of the all time over crowded Heliopolitan district - which is closed to traffic on the day.

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Many Heliopolis and Cairo residents from different districts await this annual event, where they can enjoy themselves and indulge in the beauty of the all time over crowded Heliopolitan district - which is closed to traffic on the day.

Egypt: El Korba Annual Festival Allows City's True Beauty to Shine 2009

The names of God in the bible were taken from surrounding areas from other traditions e.g from zoroastrianism mazdaism, Heliopolitan, Rhodian, Vedic, etc.

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The 5th Dynasty witnessed the rise of the Heliopolitan priesthood of Ra: its nine kings regularly assumed the title “son of Ra” and built obelisk temples dedicated to the sun god.

c. The Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period (1st-11th Dynasties) 2001

On the Heliopolitan triad and the addition of Mercury to the original couple see Perdrizet, _Rev. études anc.

The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont

The great prominence given to Re and Osiris by the Heliopolitan

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Every god now became a sun-god under some aspect; and in some cases the name of the Heliopolitan god was added to the name of the local god, as Sobek-Re, Chnûm-Re,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

According to one version of the Heliopolitan cosmogony, the principle of all things is the god Nûn, the primordial ocean, in which Atûm, the god of light, lay hidden and alone until he decided to create the world.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Naturally, the local gods retained their original external appearance, but they were now clothed with the attributes of the new Heliopolitan deity, Re, and were slowly identified with him.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

From Khafre, the second king of the fourth dynasty, to the end of the sixth dynasty, the name Re is a part of the name of almost every one of those kings, and the monuments show that during that period numerous temples were erected to the chief of the Heliopolitan Ennead in the neighbouring nomes.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913