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Welcome to Ancient-Symbols.com. We love the beauty, meanings, and significance of many of the world’s most ancient symbols. As you can see on our menus, we have a wide range of symbols categorized by subjects and a specific symbols library that extends the information of specific symbols.
There are many ancient Egyptian symbols depicted throughout Egypt. This section of our website covers many of the most popular ancient Egyptian symbols. Many ancient Egyptian symbols were used as amulets of protection, or they were used to bring good fortune.
Note that while notation like this was mostly standardized, style and symbol varied between alchemists, so this page of alchemy symbols lists the most common. The art of alchemy was handed down through the centuries from Egypt and Arabia to Greece and Rome, and finally to western and central Europe.
The Eye of Horus became the most popular ancient Egyptian eye symbol associated with good health, protection, and royal power. In ancient Egypt, the Eye of Horus was just as popular and used as frequently as the Eye of Ra.
Ancient Persian symbols have always been magnificent and mystic. These symbols are not only visible dominantly in the ancient lithographic scriptures but have carried on their legacy in the present times as well.
Kabbalah is an ancient series of mystical teachings. Originally intended to clarify the true meaning of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and demystify Jewish religious traditions, it has undergone various adaptations over the centuries: Jewish (both Karaite and rabbinic), Christian, New Age, and even Occultist.
Jiahu symbols comprise 16 different signs, markings or pictograms found carved on tortoise shells over 8,500 years old. These shells were excavated from a burial ground unearthed at Jiahu, a Neolithic archaeologist site in Henan province in western China.
Royal Symbols. It was particularly common for royal families to use images of animals to represent their dynasty or the culture and history of their country. Here are some of the more prominent heraldic royal symbols from medieval European iconography.
Some festivals were associated with the seasons, while others were associated with different gods and goddesses. Some festivals included offerings to the gods and some offerings included human sacrifice. This list comprises some of the different festivals from around the world.
The Bennu or phoenix is a bird encompassing great significance to ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks. There have been numerous descriptions of this bird some differing in colors as well as the type of bird it was.