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In reply to the discussion: Only Yours Is Right! [View all]

onager

(9,356 posts)
6. You could do worse than Falcon-guy.
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 06:56 PM
Feb 2016

That's Horus. One of ancient Egypt's most important gods.

When I lived in Egypt, I worked near the city of Dammanhor. That's one of the very few Egyptian cities to keep its ancient Egyptian name. Most cities have Arabic/Islamic names these days. Dammanhor means "city of Horus."

Because it's centrally located in the Nile Delta, Dammanhor always had armies marching thru it. There are some rock formations in the city where soldiers carved graffiti. Stuff is engraved there from soldiers of the Pharaohs, to the Muslim armies that invaded in the 7th century, to the Crusaders, right up to Napoleon's soldiers and the British in WWI and II.

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