FALCONRY IS an ancient sport.
It was practiced in China before the year 2000 BC: falconry is also the subject of some of the oldest Egyptian wall paintings.
English playwrite William Shakespeare was a falconry fan who
introduced falconry terms into popular speech: the word "Hag" or "Haggard" is the term for a mature wild hawk or falcon.
Horus, an Egyptian god, was a Peregrine falcon: the "Eye of Horus" is clearly a
stylized Peregrine falcon's eye.
