Horus as Falcon

Image Information: The God Horus Protecting King Nectanebo II, 360-343 B.C.E.; Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo II; late period. Egyptian. Greywacke; H. 28 in. (71.1 cm), W. 8 in. (20.3 cm), D. 18 in. (45.7 cm). Rogers Fund, 1934 (34.2.1). Weblink: Metropolitan Museum of Art Online.
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Modern Languages / Anthropology 3043: Folklore & Mythology. Laura Gibbs, Ph.D. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. You must give the original author credit. You may not use this work for commercial purposes. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a license identical to this one.
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