 Today, most of the world's leaders rule primarily by pen and paper. Could you imagine a world where our leaders control the sun? 3,000 years ago, ancient Egyptian Pharaoh's power was beyond modern comprehension. Pharaoh's uses mythology to benefit their position in society, but also to make sure that everybody participated in Egyptian society in the way that they deemed necessary. Just like daily life today, we see everything begins and ends with the sun. So in ancient Egypt, the most important god arguably was a sun god, Ra. The sun god Ra sat in the west and traveled the underworld so that he'd get to the eastern horizon and rise again in the morning. If Ra didn't return from the underworld, life as the Egyptians knew it would be over. The only one who can ensure the sun god would survive was the Pharaoh. And in order to make sure he did his job, the citizens of Egypt were expected to honor him as a demigod. As a result, the Pharaoh had immense power over his population. Just look to the pyramids. The pyramids at Giza were the largest man-made structures on the planet for almost 3,000 years. They were built because they believed that through their Pharaoh, the sun continued to rise. World leaders like to think they're all powerful. What do you think would happen if we treated them like gods?