Ankh | The Key of Life
Posted by: choupinettelove on: January 22, 2009
- The ankh-shaped key to the door of the temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt
The ankh was the Egyptian hieroglyphic character that read “life“. Egyptian gods are often portrayed carrying it by its loop, or bearing one in each hand, arms crossed over their chest. It is also known as the key of life, the key of the Nile, or as crux ansata, Latin for “cross with a handle”.
An Osiris Pillar of Senusret I, holding two ankhs, from the 12th Dynasty
Pharoah receiving the Ankh of Life, Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt
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- andrew: i have a ankh around my neck, and everytime i put it on i feel so mutch better about every thing. its no joke it is the ''key of life''
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March 15, 2009 at 7:45 PM
i have a ankh around my neck, and everytime i put it on i feel so mutch better about every thing. its no joke it is the ”key of life”