The ancient Egyptian civilization lasted more than 3,000 years, and practices surrounding the Eye of Horus changed over time. "In later periods, a large wedjat made of wax was placed over the left ...

Ancient Egyptian Gods Gallery. By Barbara Waterson Last updated 2011-02-17. Horus. ... Horus was the royal god par excellence and the ruler of the day was considered to be his living embodiment ...

During restoration of an ancient Egyptian temple dedicated to the god Horus, rare artwork dating back thousands of years was revealed through careful cleaning of the temple walls.

The artwork belonged to Seti I, an ancient Egyptian king of the 19th dynasty (1292–1189 B.C.) who ruled the territory from 1290 to 1279 B.C. It depicts Seti standing next to Sobek and Horus with ...

But in Ancient Egypt around 2,000 B.C., lettuce was not a popular appetizer, it was an aphrodisiac, a phallic symbol that represented the celebrated food of the Egyptian god of fertility, Min.

A heavily lined eye of the falcon god Horus, also called the ‘Eye of Ra’, was said to have healing and protective powers in ancient Egypt. We describe a patient who developed the eye of Horus ...