Life and Death

To the ancients the world was as far as the nearest horizon.
Perhaps for ease, perhaps for control. It was enough that
the Sun God sail over their heads during the day, battled
his way through the underworld, only to rise again.

The underworld in this case was merely the other side
of the world. But to flat earthers' the sun was born in blood
and died in blood. For if the sun was still around, why was
the sky dark.

To reassure the young they were told stories of how successful
the sun god was at reappearing every new day, every new spring.

To reassure everyone that they had a grip on things the religious
elders would been seen with various sun god related items.
The staff and the Ankh, both could cast shadows, both could
be fertility symbols. With these religious elders in charge the
people were content that if nothing else, they were not about
to lose the sun.