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Horus
was an Egyptian sky god in the form of a falcon whose right eye was the sun
and his left eye the moon. According to myth, in a fight to defeat Setekh of
Ombos, Horus' moon eye was damaged and healed be the god Thoth, but from
then onwards the moon appeared at night in broken pieces.
This
Horus figure is made of reconstituted stone and measures 9.5cm tall.
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