Masterpiece of the Day - 0020


Unknown, Eye of Horus, 1323BC

"My utterance is mighty, I am more powerful than the ghosts." (Egyptian Book of the Dead)

Horus was the Egyptian sky god, represented as a falcon. His eye represented the unity, having segments in relative proportion of 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, and 1/64, where the sum approximate 1.

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