Amulet of Re-Horakhty
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (664–30 BCE)
Faience
1.8 × 2.3 cm (0.7 × 0.9 in)
SEE IT IN PERSON
Not currently on view
In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG
Re-Horakhty was a combination of the solar gods Re and Horus of the Horizon, both of whom promised eternal life after death by equating a person’s rebirth with the rising of the sun each dawn.
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