The article enumerates 5 details to remember in the study of ancient Egyptian scultpure. First is their use of a canon of proportions, then the symbols used in the sculptures and what they could mean. The use ...
Ancient Egyptian symbolswere a fusion between their ideas and their existence that took the shape of what the ancient Egyptians desired who were very creative and organized as each symbol had its own shape and meaning that came from their own lives. Each symbol played a role in their lives an...
Combination of the male and female symbols ofOsiris(the cross) and Isis (the oval) respectively, and therefore signifies the union of heaven and earth The oval head represents the Nile delta, the vertical mark represents the path of the river, while the East and West arms represent the two...
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Detail of side of plinth, with djed and tyet symbols. Photo: Julia Thorne/Tetisheri An interesting feature of religious culture in Egypt during the First Millennium BCE was the growth and expansion in the popular cult of the god Osiris. This figurine was found by workmen excavating for Flin...
The Egyptians began to form a pictographic written language about 5000 years ago, which they continued to use for more than 3500 years, until about 400 AD. Eventually, the pictures they used to represent words came to represent sounds. These symbols, hieroglyphs, or "sacred inscriptions" were...
I have found that many sounds can be represented with Unicode symbols. Indeed, there is a Unicode Block (the "Latin Extended-D, U+A720") that contains symbols specific for Ancient Egyptian. However, computers and smart phones do not always contain the fonts to support these symbols. Where ...
For in dealing with the ideas thus masonified, so to speak, in that mysterious structure, I have been led, or rather compelled, to employ phrases and symbols current among the Masonic brotherhood of the present day, such as Grand Arch, Purple Arch, Royal Arch, the Star, the Open Angle ...
If the numbers were written in a grid, that would take care of it; but I see no references that this was ever done. The alternative symbols and writings we have seen could compensate, if for instance we write 3637 as , with no gap necessary; but this mars the elegance of the system...
The Rx symbol used by pharmacies and physicians has its bearings in the Wadjet. The Eye of Horus in Modern Times You have seen it many times on my Website. The eye of Horus is one of the most widely recognized symbols in Egyptian magic and mythology. With the eye looking out, a clear...