Egyptian Creation Recreation on real papyrus from Egypt in an 8.5 by 11 inch frame. This is from the Book of the Dead of Khensumose. The sun rises from the mound of creation at the beginning of time. The central circle represents the mound (circle of the earth), and the three orange circles are the sun in different stages of its rising. At the top is the "horizon" hieroglyph with the sun appearing atop it. At either side are the goddesses of the north and south, pouring out the waters that surround the mound (circle of the sea). The eight stick figures are the gods of the Ogdoad, hoeing the soil.