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English: Detail of Horus's face, from a statue of Horus and Seth placing the crown of Upper Egypt on the head of Ramesses III. Twentieth Dynasty, early 12th century BC. Twentieth Dynasty, early 12th century BC.
Horus, an ancient Egyptian falcon-headed deity. Horus was usually depicted wearing the double crown of kingship, but also appeared in a fully falcon form, among others. Ra, another falcon-headed deity, is distinguished by the presence of the sun disk on his head, but the ancient Egyptians often combined Ra and Horus into the composite deity ...
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The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection and royal power from deities, in this case from Horus or Ra. The symbol is seen on images of Horus' mother, Isis, and on other deities associated with her. In the Egyptian language, the word for this symbol was "wedjat" (wɟt).
Articles relating to the god Horus, one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as god of kingship and the sky. He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric Egypt until the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Roman Egypt.
English: Horus falcon bird statue. Horus is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities. The Temple of Hatshepsut is built into a cliff face that rises sharply above it. A turning point in the megalithic geometry of the Old Kingdom. Thebes, Luxor, Egypt.
The Book primarily appears on the tombs of Merneptah, Twosret, Ramesses III, Ramesses VI, and Ramesses VII and serves as a counterpart to the Book of Caverns. [ 2 ] The central figures in the story are Osiris , Ra and Ba , while the overarching plot is the journey the sun takes through the earth god, Aker .
Books of Breathing; Book of Caverns; Book of the Dead; Book of the Earth; Book of Gates; Book of the Heavenly Cow; Book of Traversing Eternity; Coffin Texts; The Contendings of Horus and Seth; Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld; Festival Songs of Isis and Nephthys; Great Hymn to the Aten; Litany of the Eye of Horus; Litany of Re; Pyramid Texts ...