The mythological "Falcon god," "Horus," is deeply etched into one side of the paperweight. Horus has the body of a scarab (beetle), the wings, tail, and feet of the falcon. An additional symbol is the ball -- or sun -- carried between its front legs as it rises. The symbology goes something like the excerpt below. FREE U.S. SHIPPING.

"THE AUSPICIOUS SCARAB: The Egyptians made a distinction between the “old” scarab, who sinks into the ground, and the “young” scarab, who rises up to the sky with, or rather as, the sun. Osiris, king/god of the dead, was identified to the “old” scarab. His son Horus, the falcon god, was identified primarily with the midday sun, whereas Khepri remained associated with the morning sun. However, according to a Pyramid Text inscribed on the inside walls of the royal pyramids in the 5th and 6th dynasties (ca. 2465-2150 B.C.), the two animals were sometimes combined to produce the surprising hybrid of a scarab body, with falcon wings, legs, and tail