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Carter Hall, famed egyptologist, discovered the nth metal he uses to fly among Egyptian artifacts and created his Hawkman identity in homage to the hawk god Horus. Later Carter Hall learned that nth metal was left on Earth AI by Thanagarians who visited Earth before the rise of the Egyptian kingdom. Their appearance inspired belief in the Egyptian hawk god Horus upon which the Egyptians built their entire pantheon of animal headed dieties.