horu

Updated: July 10, 2026

If a living man, who was not her husband, or of her kin, kissed the living hand of a wedded Queen of Egypt, save in ceremony, then perchance he might be called upon to die. Perchance for such a reason a certain Horu once was called upon to die.

Henry Rider Haggard - Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales