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Relief of the God Horus

Here is a sunken relief of the god π“ŠΉ Horus π“…ƒπ“€­ in white π“Œ‰π“†“π“‡³ limestone π“‡‹π“ˆ–π“ˆ™π“Œ‰ at the Louvre! This is a simple but beautiful π“„€ piece!

Geology Lesson!!! Limestone π“‡‹π“ˆ–π“ˆ™π“Œ‰ was incredibly abundant in Egypt π“†Žπ“…“π“π“Š– because about 500 million years ago (for perspective, the dinosaurs first started evolving around 250 million years ago), Egypt π“†Žπ“…“π“π“Š– was completely underwater! Limestone π“‡‹π“ˆ–π“ˆ™π“Œ‰ (and other sedimentary rocks π“‡‹π“ˆ–π“‚‹π“ˆ™π“¦) mostly form under large bodies of water like oceans and seas! If Egypt π“†Žπ“…“π“π“Š– didn’t have the abundance of limestone π“‡‹π“ˆ–π“ˆ™π“Œ‰ that it does, the Egyptian civilization would have been very different! The geology gave the Egyptians π“†Žπ“π“€€π“π“ͺ the natural resources they needed to build the world’s most successful ancient civilization!

Egupt’s geologic history is also cool because the Egyptian creation myth says that everything started off as water π“ˆ— and the primordial mound rose out of the primordial sea! The creation myth corresponds with Egypt’s π“†Žπ“…“π“π“Š– geologic past!

Horus π“…ƒπ“€­ was one of the most important gods π“ŠΉπ“ŠΉπ“ŠΉ in the Egyptian pantheon. Horus π“…ƒπ“€­ was the mythological representation of the pharaoh 𓉐𓉻/heir to the throne of Egypt π“†Žπ“…“π“π“Š–. He is usually represented as a human body with a falcon head. On his head, Horus is always seen wearing the double crown π“‹–, which is the combination of the white crown π“‹‘ (π“„€π“‹‘) of Upper Egypt 𓇓 and the red crown π“‹” (π“‚§π“ˆ™π“‚‹π“π“‹”) of Lower Egypt 𓆀. The double crown π“‹– was representative of a unified Egypt π“†Žπ“…“π“π“Š– under the pharaoh’s 𓉐𓉻 rule π“‹Ύ.