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Horus is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities . He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric Egypt until the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Roman Egypt . Different forms of Horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists . These various forms may possibly be different perceptions of the same multi - layered deity in which certain attributes or syncretic relationships are emphasized , not necessarily in ___MASK13___ but complementary to one another , consistent with how the Ancient Egyptians viewed the multiple facets of reality . He was most often depicted as a falcon , most likely a lanner falcon or peregrine falcon , or as a man with a falcon head . Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa , concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt . It is one of six civilizations to arise independently . Egyptian civilization followed prehistoric Egypt and coalesced around 3150 BC ( according to conventional Egyptian chronology ) with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first ___MASK33___ Narmer ( commonly referred to as Menes ). The history of ancient Egypt occurred in a series of stable kingdoms , separated by periods of relative instability known as Intermediate Periods : the Old Kingdom of the Early Bronze Age , the Middle Kingdom of the Middle Bronze Age and the New Kingdom of the Late Bronze Age . Weneg ( or Uneg ) , also known as Weneg - Nebty , is the throne name of an early Egyptian king , who ruled during the second dynasty . Although his chronological position is clear to Egyptologists , it is unclear for how long King Weneg ruled . It is also unclear as to which of the archaeologically identified Horus - kings corresponds to Weneg . The prehistory of Egypt spans the period from earliest human settlement to the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period of Egypt in c . 3100 BC , starting with the first ___MASK33___ Narmer ( also known as Menes ). This Predynastic era is traditionally equivalent to the Neolithic period , beginning c . 6000 BC and including the Protodynastic period ( Naqada III ). Ancient Egyptian deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient Egypt . The beliefs and rituals surrounding these gods formed the core of ancient Egyptian religion , which emerged sometime in prehistory . Deities represented natural forces and phenomena , and the Egyptians supported and appeased them through offerings and rituals so that these forces would continue to function according to " maat ", or divine order . After the founding of the Egyptian state around 3100 BC , the authority to perform these tasks was controlled by the ___MASK33___ , who claimed to be the gods ' representative and managed the temples where the rituals were carried out .