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Horus Donation Stela of Shebitqo Horus Isis nursing Horus Idfū, Egypt: Temple of Horus Isis with Horus Horus King Seti I offering a figure of maʿat to Osiris, Isis, and Horus; relief in the temple of King Seti I, Abydos, early 13th century bce. Statue of the god Horus at Idfū Khafre
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Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)
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Horus Horus, statue at his temple in Idfū, Egypt.

Horus

Egyptian god
Also known as: Har, Her, Heru, Hor
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Horus, in ancient Egyptian religion, a god in the form of a falcon whose right eye was the sun or morning star, representing power and quintessence, and whose left eye was the moon or evening star, representing healing. Falcon cults, which were in evidence from late predynastic times, were widespread in Egypt. Horus appeared as a local god in many places and under different names and epithets—for instance, as Harmakhis (Har-em-akhet, “Horus in the Horizon”),...

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