The flower was considered a symbol of life and immortality in ancient Egypt and was associated with resurrection and the sun due to its daily blooming cycle. Some spells in the Egyptian Book of ...

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The ...

It has been known for a long time that ancient Egyptians venerated ... the well-known sun god Ra became the primary symbol of the Egyptian solar cult. Fourth dynasty rulers even typically adopted ...

the attempt made by that king's father-in-law, Ōkhnatōn, to establish a monotheistic form of sun ... Egyptian Arch"logy, vol. v. pp. 148–165). By the same author also: “Some Notes on the ...

Previously, Egyptians had worshipped more than one god, but the pair made their subjects venerate just one — the sun disc Aten ... of the most important symbols in Ancient Egypt.

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ...