Horus for this symbol was "wedjat" ("wɟt"). It was the eye of one of the earliest of Egyptian deities, Wadjet, who later became associated with Bastet, Mut, and Hathor as well. Wadjet was a solar deity and this symbol began as her all-seeing eye. In early artwork, Hathor is also depicted with this eye. Funerary amulets were often made in the shape of the Eye of Horus. The Wedjat or Eye of Horus is "the central element" of seven "gold, faience, carnelian and lapis lazuli" bracelets found on the mummy of Shoshenq II. The Wedjat "was intended to protect the king
The Contendings of Horus and Seth The Contendings of Horus and Seth "The Contendings of Horus and Seth" is a mythological story from the Twentieth dynasty of Ancient Egypt found in the first sixteen pages of the "Papyrus Chester Beatty I" and deals with the battles between Horus and Seth to determine who will succeed Osiris as king. The Papyrus Chester Beatty I dates to the twentieth dynasty during the reign of Ramesses V and likely came from a scribe's collection that was recorded for personal entertainment (Chester Beatty Pap I, Oxford). The papyrus contains the story of "The Contendings of Horus and Seth" as well