Horus statue in Edfu temple.

The construction of this huge temple of the god “Horus” began during the reign of “Ptolemy III – Georgits I” (the word “Urgits” means “the benefactor”) Ptolemy III Euergetes I in the year 237 BC, and the construction of this temple took about 200 years, which was completed. From its establishment during the reign of Ptolemy the Thirteenth in the first century BC.

Horus was mentioned in one of the myths in ancient Egypt and was considered a symbol of goodness and justice. Osiris was his father, who was the god of resurrection and arithmetic among the ancient Egyptians. According to religious legend, his evil uncle Sitt killed his father and distributed his parts throughout the Egyptian country. His mother, Isis, collected the parts of his father’s body, and this is considered the first operation to mummify the dead and associate with his father’s body. Horus was born after that and wanted to take revenge on his uncle and take revenge for his father. That is why Horus is sometimes called “the protector of his father.” Horus lost his left eye in that battle. And assumed the throne of Egypt.

Osiris became the god of reckoning in the other world, and Horus became the king of worldly life. Each of the kings of Egypt ruled by his rule, a representative of Horus, and used the god Horus in his actions and wars. Therefore, we find that all the kings of Egypt use one of their names (and the king usually had 5 titles) with the name of Horus.

Among the ancient Egyptian spells, we find many of them in the form of the Eye of Horus, which waggled “wagat” and are attached to the chest. The eye of Horus is also used to represent fractions such as 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, and 1/32 to 1/64.

His mother, Isis, was the goddess of the moon to the ancient Egyptians.