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Humans have always had a fascination with the sun, and have acknowledged its importance as vital to their survival. Although the role of the sun was not well known at the time, various early groups developed a culture with solar motifs because of its ability to bestow light and its prominence in the sky. As they began to question how the sun operates, many groups, such as Egyptians and those in Messo-America, deemed the sun to be an omniscient god that overlooked both the upper and lower worlds.

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