Inlay in the form of the Horus falcon

Inlay in the form of the Horus falcon

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This inlay represents the falcon god Horus. As a god closely associated with kingship, the Horus hieroglyph appears prominently in the king's titularies, and may also - as it does in Dynasty 30 - appear in the king's particular names.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.