In Coptic and Ptolemaic art this ancient Egyptian symbol represents protection mercy and the divine power of the Egyptian gods. Its significance in the early Egyptian mythology remains unexplained to this day. The belief in the benevolent Horus is associated with the reappearance of the moon with its right eye representing the sun. Horus is depicted as a large winged falcon its right eye representing the sun and its left eye representing the moon.

The Silent Sound the Savior

In the Greek-Roman era beginning with the all-seeing eye it appeared on early amulets. Often depicted in the form of the Eye of Horus ornaments crafted from lapis lazuli and carnelian and gold were believed to protect the pharaoh in Egypt in reference to the belief in the journey to the afterlife. Horus Harpocrates represented by a young man with hair styled like the god Khonsou combined with an elaborate crown of the gods created a unified Egyptian image during the Ptolemaic dynasty a symbol of faith.

The first light of the sun and sunrise Vedjat the god protecting the eye of the sun beginning with the eye that sees everything. Harpocrates is depicted as a lotus beneath the body of the child Horus under his mother the goddess Isis and Vedjat the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt with the god Bes representing power protection and good health. Surrounded by early hieroglyphs it becomes the creative and restorative power of Horus derived from the watchful eye of Isis. In later periods the slaying of young Horus by Seth became a symbol of faith. Interpreted as a retaliation against evil in the symbolism of Harpocrates in the 2nd to 3rd centuries AD it was adapted in Roman symbolism blending protective power with Greek Ptolemaic faith.

A stone sculpture of an falcon representing the god Horus the god of the sky stands in front of the Abu Simbel temple complex in Egypt.