Extracted from: Visible religion (Leiden) 4 (5) 1985-1986, pages 63-72. The ancient Egyptian writing system is at once pictorial, phonetic and symbolic. The number of hieroglyphic symbols are thought ...

Often in art, he said, baby Jesus is shown playing with a butterfly. The phoenix is another symbol of renewal. It comes from ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology.

This is one of the most powerful Egyptian symbols according to ancient Egyptian astrology as Amon-Ra was the King of the Gods. Those born under this sign are typically confident, polite and ...

Lettuce isn’t merely a salad vegetable. Ancient tomb paintings reveal the importance of lettuce in Egypt.

The Eye of Horus is a powerful protective symbol, and represents the eye of the god Horus that was injured in a fight with the god of chaos, Set. Why has Lexus chosen such a powerful amulet for ...

Osiris: God of the underworld. Djed: An ancient Egyptian symbol meaning stability, which originated from the myth of Osiris. Atum: The creator god, and a central figure in the creation of the ...

The Shanghai Museum announced it will host 10 evening events where visitors can bring their pet cats to an Egyptian antiquities exhibition ...