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  2. Ankh - Wikipedia

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    The ankh has a T-shape topped by a droplet-shaped loop. The ankh or key of life is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol used to represent the word for "life" and, by extension, as a symbol of life itself. The ankh has a T-shape topped by a droplet-shaped loop.

  3. Christian cross variants - Wikipedia

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    Coptic ankh: Shaped like the letter T surmounted by an oval or circle. Originally the Egyptian symbol for "life", it was adopted by the Copts (Egyptian Christians). Also called a crux ansata, meaning "cross with a handle". Coptic cross: The original Coptic cross has its origin in the Coptic ankh. As depicted in Rudolf Koch's The Book of Signs ...

  4. Coptic cross - Wikipedia

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    The original Coptic cross used by early Gnostic Christians in Egypt. Old Coptic crosses often incorporate a circle, [5] [better source needed] as in the form called a "Coptic cross" by Rudolf Koch in his The Book of Signs (1933).

  5. List of occult symbols - Wikipedia

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    An ancient symbol of a unicursal five-pointed star circumscribed by a circle with many meanings, including but not limited to, the five wounds of Christ and the five elements (earth, fire, water, air, and soul). In Satanism, it is flipped upside-down. See also: Sigil of Baphomet. Rose Cross: Rosicrucianism / Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

  6. Cross - Wikipedia

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    The cross has been widely recognized as a exclusive symbol of Christianity from an early period in that religion's history. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Before then, it was used as a religious or cultural symbol throughout Europe, in western and south Asia (the latter, in the form of the original Swastika ); and in Egypt, where the Ankh was a hieroglyph ...

  7. Christian cross - Wikipedia

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    The Christian cross, seen as representing the crucifixion of Jesus, is a symbol of Christianity. [1] It is related to the crucifix (a cross that includes a corpus (a representation of Jesus' body, usually three-dimensional) and to the more general family of cross symbols .

  8. Religious symbol - Wikipedia

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    The Christian cross has traditionally been a symbol representing Christianity or Christendom as a whole, [2] and is the best-known symbol of Christianity. [2] The Christian cross was in use from the time of early Christianity , but it remained less prominent than competing symbols ( Ichthys , Staurogram , Alpha and Omega , Christogram , Labarum ...

  9. Talk:Ankh - Wikipedia

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    Obviously the ankh predates the Christian cross, but Christian crosses are but a subset of crosses. The ankh is another. The ankh is another. So yes, this is as it should be.