In
religio-mythology,
Atum-Ra, or “Ra-Tem” (
Budge, 1904), a syncretism of the gods
Atum, the primordial land mound, aka
benben, and
Ra, the
sun god, was the
supreme god of
Heliopolis, during the old kingdom (2700-2200BC), particularly in the 5th and 6th dynasty (2500-2200BC), when the great pyramids were built, generally depicted as the sun born out of the tip of a mound or pyramid.
Overview The following is a depiction of
Atum, either as the first land mound, or a man-like god standing on the first land mound, called benben, which he summoned up out of the watery abyss
Nun, out of which
Ra the
sun god comes forth; jointly synretized as
Atum-Ra in the 5th dynasty (2500BC):

The following is an artistic depiction of the gods Ra and Atum, with their backs facing each other, therein symbolic of their new joint god fusion or syncretism: