Horizon (akhet)

The hieroglyphic
name of Akhet

Horizon is a spiritual symbol, the akhet was a metaphysical  term  used  to  describe  shrines  and  other  religious objects.  The  horizon  was  the  universe,  both  in  the  past and in the face. Temples and shrines were took the  actual  land  of  glory  in  which  the  gods  occupied through time. The actual games of land upon which temples stood were addressed the primeval mounds of creation. The akhet symbol described two mounds side by face with a space in which the sun seemed at dawn.

The Aker lions defended the horizon, which was addressed the home of Horus. The pylons and gates of temples multiplied the image of the two mounds face by face, framing the light, thus serving as true images of the horizon. The window of visual aspect used  in  temples and capital cities by the royal families was associated with the horizon.

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