 Throughout the linear passage of time, a cyclical pattern recurred, in which "Ma'at" was renewed by periodic events which echoed the original creation.Among these events were the annual Nile flood and the succession from one king to another, but the most important was the daily journey of the sun god Ra.When thinking of the shape of the cosmos, the Egyptians saw the earth as a flat expanse of land, personified by the god Geb, over which arched the sky goddess Nut.