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Set
This is an artist's impression of Set, also known as Seth and Suetekh. He was the Egyptian god of war, chaos and storms, brother of Osiris, Isis, and Horus the Elder, uncle to Horus the Younger, and brother-husband to Nephthys.
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Set
Set depicted at the Temple of Horus at Edfu. Ptolemaic Period.
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Set (Egyptian God)
Set, also known as Seth and Suetekh, was the Egyptian god of war, chaos, and storms, brother of Osiris, Isis, and Horus the Elder, uncle to Horus the Younger, and brother-husband to Nephthys. His other consort was the goddess Tawaret, a hippo-headed...
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Set Defeated by Horus
Set defeated by Horus as depicted in the Ptolemaic Period Temple of Horus at Edfu.
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Set and Horus Blessing Ramesses II
Scene from the Temple of Hathor (Abu Simbel, Egypt), built during the reign of Ramesses II, c. 1264-1224 BCE. Set and Horus blessing Ramesses II.
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Set of Aida, Masada
A view of a set in a production of the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). The Israel Opera, Masada.
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Set the Egyptian God of Chaos, Storms and War
In ancient Egyptian mythology, Set, also known as Seth and Suetekh, was one of the five gods born of Geb, the earth and Nut, the sky, after the creation of the universe. Set was the god of war, chaos, violence, confusion, the desert and storms...
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Statue of Set
A statue of the Egyptian god Set (Seth), part of a statue group depicting Set and Horus crowning Ramesses III king, from Medinet Habu, Egypt, 20th Dynasty, early 12th century BCE.
Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Bucchero Dinner Set
A dinner serving set in bucchero ware. Etruscan from Chiusi, Italy. 550-500 BCE (Art Institute of Chicago)
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Horus
Horus is the name of a sky god in ancient Egyptian mythology which designates primarily two deities: Horus the Elder (or Horus the Great), the last born of the first five original gods, and Horus the Younger, the son of Osiris and Isis...
