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... After looking at all of my choices, I decided on a sculpture called the Falcon-Headed God in Pose of “Soul of Pe”. It’s of a man with the head of a falcon, made out of bronze. ...
This statue, of a soul of Pe, was meant to be displayed on an alter in the sanctuary of a temple. ... Pe was a prehistoric Egyptian God that had the head of a falcon (Cincinnatiartmuseum. ... In this sculpture, a falcon stood behind Khafre, wrapping his wings around Khafre’s head. The difference between the two is that, in Khafre’s sculpture, the falcon represented Horus. Horus was the falcon god of ancient Egypt and the son of Osiris and Isis. ... The falcon was also used in other pieces of ancient Egyptian artwork, such as the canopic jars used in the mummification process. ... The falcon was one of four characteristics, including a jackal, a baboon and a man that were each used as stoppers for canopic jars.
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