Domains & Iconography
Domains: sun, horizon, kingship
Iconography: falcon‑headed with solar disk
Meaning & Scope
Ra‑Horakhty (‘Ra‑Horus of the Two Horizons’) expresses the sun’s course—rising and setting—and the sovereign oversight that links sky to kingship. The falcon’s acuteness with Ra’s radiance proclaims a throne that sees far and shines widely.
Iconography
Falcon‑headed god crowned with the solar disk and uraeus; standards and gateways display the winged sun—Behdety—as a related, protective emblem over entrances and processional ways.
Cult & Texts
Hymns pair Ra and Horus in royal ideology; temple scenes at Heliopolis, Edfu, and across Egypt invoke Ra‑Horakhty for universal sovereignty, cosmic vision, and renewal of the king’s years.
Legacy
In art and titulary, Ra‑Horakhty keeps together what Egypt holds dear: rule as light and flight—measured, protective, horizon‑wide.