The ancient Egyptians understood and relied on the movement of the sun to survive. The sun being the life force of their universe, the ancient Egyptians chose to attach such importance to it that they worshiped it, personifying it as a God. Ancient Egyptian sun god, Ra was often considered the patron of the pharaoh and one of the central deities of the pantheon Egyptian. "Ra was so powerful and popular and his worship was so enduring that some modern commentators have argued that Egyptian religion was in fact a form of veiled monotheism with Ra as the sole god.”