ocr: HORUS FALCON T HE of ANCIENT the sky. He EGYPTIANS protected believed the in pharaohs Horus, a (kings of talcon-neaded Egypt). god Falcons were sacred to Horus and they were given to him by worshipers as offerings. This earthenware talcon is thought to have been an offering. Living birds were also sacrificed in Horus's honor. A labyrinth (mazelike network of tunnels) at Saquara, in the Nile River delta, contains the mummitied remains of several hundred thousand talcons. The birds were probably reared, killed, and mummified by the priests of the temple of Horus. No doubt this practice of offeri ...
