Horus Egyptian Gods Pictures
Horus was originally the sky god but he is also known as war god hunter s god god of kingship and others.
Horus egyptian gods pictures. 107646080 the egyptian god horus. One of the most important gods of ancient egypt the worship of horus spanned over 5 000 years. Horus carries a falcon s head as a heavenly power. See more ideas about horus egyptian gods egyptian mythology.
He played the role as the protector of the ruler of egypt. His name horus means the one far above and commonly known as heru or har by the greeks. He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric egypt until the ptolemaic kingdom and roman egypt different forms of horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by egyptologists. Download egyptian gods stock photos.
Horus the elder or horus the great the last born of the first five original gods and horus the younger the son of osiris and isis according to the historian jimmy dunn horus is the most important of the avian deities who takes on so many forms and is depicted so differently in various. Egypt dendera the ancient egyptian temple of dendera or hathor temp. Documentary photo by basphoto. See pricing plans.
Affordable and search from millions of royalty free images photos and vectors. You may easily purchase this image i2106191 as guest without opening an account. Horus is the name of a sky god in ancient egyptian mythology which designates primarily two deities. Egyptian papyrus illustration horus god ancient eye on papyrus paper texture eye of horus the eye of horus is an ancient a bas relief depicting the goddess hathor and the god horus.
Image of horus and horemheb this temple image shows the god horus and the egyptian pharaoh horemheb 1319 1305 bc sitting side by side. Horus was the important and ancient deity of egyptian gods. Painting of the falcon headed ancient egyptian god horus on the wall of a temple at the valley of the workers on the west bank of the nile at luxor egypt. Jul 20 2020 explore macfalconer s board horus followed by 110 people on pinterest.
With mention in records from the late pre dynastic period through roman times horus became the catch all name for many different gods associated with falcons. Horus the falcon god was egypt s first national god worshiped by all of egypt.