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The dawn of astronomy; a study of the temple-worship and mythology of the ancient Egyptians (1894)

Lockyer, Joseph Norman,Sir,1836-1920 · London, Cassell · leaf 169

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e whichhas set Egyptologists thinking a greatdeal. It is the combination of Horus and Set—a body of Horus with two heads, those of thehawk and jackal. Now then for the myth. The reason why Xaville wentto the temple of Edfu for his facts is that in the later-timetemples—and this is one of them—the… … SET-HORUS 150 THE DAWX OF ASTROXOMY. [C.ap. xiv. to read the story Avliich Naville brings before us, it looks asthough the greatest antiquity must be conceded to it fromthe fact that the god Horus—the rising sun—is accompaniedby the Hor-shesu, the followers or worshippers of Horus. ^These people…

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