Horus name
The Horus name is the oldest known and used crest of ancient Egyptian rulers. It belongs to the "great five names" of an Egyptian pharaoh. However, modern Egyptologists and linguists are starting to prefer the more neutral term: the "serekh name". This is because not every pharaoh placed the falcon, which symbolizes the deity Horus, atop his (or in some cases, her) serekh.
| Horus name (Serekh name) in hieroglyphs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
srḫ serekh facade (of the palace) | |||
| Serekh of king Djet with the Horus falcon above | |||
| Serekh of king Peribsen with the image of Set, the god of the desert, and a sun disc above | |||
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