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Amulet from the tomb of Tutankhamun, fourteenth century BC, incorporating the Eye of Horus beneath a disk and crescent symbol representing the moon [2]. The ancient Egyptian god Horus was a sky deity, and many Egyptian texts say that Horus's right eye was the sun and his left eye the moon. [3]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... and the top one is an outline and crossed out ... Eye of Horus; Eye of Providence; F. Flaming chalice;
The two most prominent Ancient Egyptian religous (Kemetic) symbols: The Ankh (left) is a Kemetic symbol of eternal life in both antiquity and modern times. The mythological Eye of Horus (right) is a symbol of protection.
The Litany of the Eye of Horus, 5 vertical registers of a wall relief section from KV17, Tomb of Seti I, corridor H, Valley of the Kings. (H24.5 cm, W38.4 cm, D12.3 cm. [1] The Litany of the Eye of Horus [2] is an ancient Egyptian text in the style of a funerary text, (offering formula).
This is well described in the pyramid texts of Unas that states: “Osiris’s Uni's. accept Horus’s eye, which you should embrace.” This was a symbol of being rejuvenated as Horus’ eye was eventually restored after being taken from the god Set in mythology. [ 8 ]
The removal of Horus's eye is even more important, for this stolen eye of Horus represents a wide variety of concepts in Egyptian religion. One of Horus's major roles is as a sky deity, and for this reason his right eye was said to be the sun and his left eye the moon.
The Egyptian Hieroglyphs Unicode block has 94 standardized variants defined to specify rotated signs: [3] [4]. Variation selector-1 (VS1) (U+FE00) can be used to rotate 40 signs by 90°:
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