"I am Ra (/rɑː/;[2] Ancient Egyptian: rꜥ; also transliterated rꜥw /ˈɾiːʕuw/; cuneiform: 𒊑𒀀 ri-a or 𒊑𒅀ri-ia;[3] Phoenician: 𐤓𐤏,[4] romanized: rʿ) or Re (/reɪ/; Coptic: ⲣⲏ, romanized: Rē) I was the ancient Egyptian deity of the Sun. By the Fifth Dynasty, in the 25th and 24th centuries BC, I had become one of the most important gods in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the noon-day sun. I ruled in all parts of the created world: the sky, the Earth, and the underworld. I was believed to have ruled as the first pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. I was the god of the sun, order, kings and the sky."