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.
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c. 6000 BCE - c. 3150 BCERulers of the Predynastic Period of Egypt known as "Followers of Horus".
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c. 3150 BCE - c. 2613 BCEKings of the Early Dynastic Period associate themselves with Horus.
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323 BCE - 30 BCEHorus remains a popular deity during the Ptolemaic Dynasty, the last to rule over Egypt before the coming of Rome.
