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Author: * Nefertiabet Khufu - 20 Posts on this thread out of 24 Posts sitewide.
Date: Dec 28, 2007 - 10:01

Okay, okay, here ya´go!

The falcon is correct, (it was a sparrowhawk in the ancient time) the Pyramid Texts says that Osiris cried "sy-k-ri" which meant "come to me" as a cry for help to his wife Isis. Out of this sound the name of Sokar came about.

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