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The passive aspect of Heru-ra-ha is Hoor-pa-kraat (Ancient Egyptian: ḥr-pꜣ-ẖrd, meaning "Horus the Child"; Egyptological pronunciation: Har-pa-khered), more commonly referred to by the Greek rendering Harpocrates; Horus, the son of Isis and Osiris, sometimes distinguished from their brother Horus the Elder, [13] who was the old patron deity of Upper Egypt.
Hor Merti (Horus of the Two Eyes) Har-Nedj-Hef (Horus, the protector of his father) – A form of Horus who protected Osiris; Horkhenti Irti [50] Hor-imy-shenut – A form of Horus who had the body of a Crocodile; Her-sema-tawy (Horus, Uniter of the Two Lands) – the Greek Harsomptus, depicted like the double-crowned Horus
In many cases the serekh lacks the Horus falcon, and in other cases, such as the serekh of king Ka, the serekh seems to be held by Horus upside-down. [1] During the middle and late Naqada III period (3200–3030 BC.), kings started to write their name inside their serekhs. Some of the best-known early examples are the names of Scorpion II and Ka.
Isis, Serapis and their child Harpocrates In Egyptian mythology, Horus was the child of Isis and Osiris.Osiris was the original divine pharaoh of Egypt, who had been murdered by his brother Set (by interpretatio graeca, identified with Typhon or Chaos), mummified, and thus became the god of the underworld.
Har Ki Pauri, meaning the feet of Lord Vishnu (Hari), [1] is a ghat on the banks of the river Ganga and landmark of the Hindu holy city of Haridwar in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. [ 2 ] It is believed that it is the precise spot where the Ganga leaves the mountains and enters the plains.
Horemheb appear in reliefs wearing the typical pleated linen robe of a high ranking official depicted sitting in front of an offering table, as a pharaoh holding the pole and the sekhem sceptre of a high official (the uraeus was added after his ascension to the throne), with a benu-bird regarded as the protector of the dead as the soul of Ra ...
Hor-Aha's chief wife was Benerib, whose name was "written alongside his on a number of [historical] pieces, in particular, from tomb B14 at Abydos, Egypt". [16] [17] [18] Tomb B14 is located directly adjacent to Hor-Aha's sepulchre. [19] Hor-Aha also had another wife, Khenthap, [20] with whom he became father of Djer. She is mentioned as Djer's ...
A ka statue is a type of ancient Egyptian statue intended to provide a resting place for the ka (life-force or spirit) of the person after death. The ancient Egyptians believed the ka , along with the physical body, the name, the ba (personality or soul), and the šwt (shadow), made up the five aspects of a person.