Egyptian symbols

Symbols

There is a huge variety of symbols used in Ancient Egyptian. They used to cover walls, tombs and columns. All the symbols had a meaning in the ancient Egyptians.

Some symbols:

Akhet:

Akhet carved

• It represents when the sun become visible and invisible.
•  It also represents sunrise and sunset
• The symbol looks very similar to the Djew symbol

The meaning of it was a protector of every day's life.

Amenta

• It was invented to represent the land of the afterlife.
• Once it was the symbol of the horizon of the sun set that it transformed its meaning to the west back of the Nile. 

  

  Ankh

Meaning: Eternal life

It was a symbol that represents the breath you need to be happy in the afterlife in fact the gods used to hold it with people`s lips.

The eye of Horus

Some symbols today use them in tattoos to define what's going trough in their  life:

Inspiration: The Eye of horus

• Symbol definition: Protection wisdom and revelation.
• It is also known as the eyes of Ra, and the Wedjet.
• Here I can see changes into the symbol to be original. 

  

  Influenced from Ankh

• It is simple with black ink

• It is completed with some designs around it.

  

  It is completely inspired from ancient Egyptian and it is full of symbols. 

  References:

Symbols and definitions. 1996.Akhet.Amenta. ankh. [online]. Available on: http://altreligion.about.com/od/sym http://www.egyptartsite.com/symlst.html Accessed on: 21st May, 2014

About.com.2014. Eye of horus. Ancient Egyptian symbols.[online]. Avalableon : bols/p/Eye-Of-Horus-Ancient-Egyptian-Symbol.htm Accessed on: 21stMay,2014

John Watson.1996.The symbolism of ancient Egyptian, an inroduction.[online] Available on: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/symbolism1.htm  Accessed on 21stMay, 2014

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