Hathor columns

Detail of one of the Hathor columns in the south end of the second level of Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple in Deir El Bahri, in the Hathor Chapel.

Hathor, Lady of the Stars, Eye of Ra. Hathor’s name means “domain (or mansion) of Horus”. In the Pyramid Texts, the Domain of Horus was a special part of the sky where the dead king would be rejuvenated. She was most commonly shown as a beautiful woman wearing a red solar disk between a pair of cow’s horns.