The Eye of Horus' associations with well-being "could be applied to a range of other concepts about the Nile waters, Egypt as a whole, healing and whole-food offerings," Wilson said.

T he "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The symbol is frequently seen in ancient burials — especially on a type of ...

The Eye of Horus was also associated with the waxing and waning of the moon, which may have helped increase its appeal, said Gyula Priskin, an ancient historian at the University of Szeged in Hungary.

For example, the "Eye of Horus" belongs to Horus, the sky god, often depicted as a falcon. It's a falcon's eye. Fast-forward to the founding of the United States, and it ended up on the back end ...

The Ptolemaic king stands before Min, the ithyphallic god of fertility, and offers him the eye of Horus. Image via wordpress. Lettuce has been harvested for millenia—it was depicted by ancient ...

The ancient Egyptian civilization lasted more than 3,000 years, and practices surrounding the Eye of Horus changed over time. "In later periods, a large wedjat made of wax was placed over the left ...