This desert insect was part of Egyptian cosmogony; it was the Sun, & its rolled food was the Earth
... For these reasons, the Egyptians saw their land as an isolated place of 
stability,... [DOC] [TLE] A fascinating look at African cosmology through the ages | www ... [PAR] Mar 26, 2015 ... Tracing connections between Egypt's pharaohs, the belief systems of ... with sun-
like discs to show the centrality of the sun in their cosmology.