HERUAKHETY (Horakhty) is an Egyptian god whose name means “Horus of the Horizons.” He is thus associated with the sun’s crossings made each morning and evening.

Horus is a particularly complex deity; he appears under a number of names and in a number of guises, most notably Horus the Elder (Heru-wer) and Horus the Younger (Heru-sa-Aset) but he has other significant aspects as well, including the form of Heruakhety. He was later associated with Ra and known as Ra-Heruakhety. Like Ra, he had a particular center of worship in the city of Heliopolis.

He is depicted here as a man with the head of a hawk, wearing the solar disk with uraeus snake and the double crown (pschent) of Upper and Lower Egypt. He carries the was staff, a symbol of power, in one hand and the ankh, a symbol of life, in the other.

Heruakhety who crosses the sky with incense,
great god of the horizon, I praise and honor you.