He was most often depicted as a falcon, most likely a lanner falcon or peregrine falcon, or as a man with a falcon head.
These various forms may be different manifestations of the same multi-layered deity in which certain attributes or syncretic relationships are emphasized, not necessarily in opposition but complementary to one another, consistent with how the Ancient Egyptians viewed the multiple facets of reality. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history, and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists. He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric Egypt until the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Roman Egypt. Horus, also known as Heru, Har, Her or Hor in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as god of kingship, healing, protection, the sun and the sky. Ihy, Four Sons of Horus (Horus the Elder)
Osiris and Isis, Osiris and Nephthys, Hathor He was usually depicted as a falcon-headed man wearing the pschent, or a red and white crown, as a symbol of kingship over the entire kingdom of Egypt. Horus was often the ancient Egyptians' national tutelary deity.
