Horus Akhty in ancient Egypt is the name of one of the forms of the god Horus, and it literally means Horus of the horizon. The horizon here does not refer to the line dividing the sky and the earth, but to the area illuminated by the light of the sun before dawn.
Horakhty is associated with the East, and can be considered the god of the morning sun. Horakhty is mentioned in the Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom, along with the god Ra himself, and the great similarity between the two gods means that they were soon united in the form of the god Ra-Harakhty and as Horus on the horizon.
In ancient Egyptian, Horakhty was called Har-em-Akhty, and in Greek, Harmakhis was worshipped in the form of a sphinx. Khafre of the 4th Dynasty, and later it was regarded as a statue of Ra-Horakhty. Importantly, the Kafr El-Sheikh Museum was unveiled by the President of the Republic Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in 2020, among those archaeological projects which Egypt returned to the map of openings within the year 2020. The museum is situated adjoining Kafr El-Sheikh University in Sanaa Park. It comprises several exhibition halls for displaying artifacts, visual preparation and educational activities for museums and conferences, as well as a service building.
Kafr El-Sheikh Museum displays a rare archaeological statue, which is a representation of the syncretic god who combines Ra and the god Horus, “Ra Horakhty,” which means “Ra Horus from between the two horizons.” It is one of the museum’s distinguished collections.