The key to life(Ankh)

The key to life or Ankh is a symbol of eternal life when the ancient Egyptians, was used by the Egyptian Pharaohs as a symbol of life after death, and was carried by the gods and kings of the pharaohs.

Some mistakes when he confuses the key to life the Egyptian Pharaoh, and between the Christian cross because of the relative similarity between them in shape; key to life appeared before using the Cross Christians hundreds of years.

Assets

Origin of the symbol remains a mystery to Egyptologists, and the oldest theories about the key to life Thomas Inman theory, which was first published in 1869

Egyptologists called the key to life .. It represents the racist represents life, male and female within the framework of a decent configurable, and a symbol of the fact that fruitful union is a gift from God.

Historical Perspective

Often the key to life appears in the paintings of Egyptian tombs, and often appears in the images that represent the resurrection of the death of the deceased owner of the cemetery.

Was often carry Egyptians to life as an amulet key - either alone - or with two other hieroglyphs that symbolizes the strength and health.

Ancient Egyptians making mirrors of metals in the form of the key to life for decorative reasons to symbolize a religious point of view.

The ancient Egyptians put metal models for the key to life on the graves after that hones in gold or copper to symbolize the sun.

Philosophy and meaning

There are so many consider it a symbol of life and birth to represent the womb.

Some said that the Grasper twisted oval-shaped colon Mtaackstan the mainly represents the feminine and masculine basis of the existence of life on Earth.

Or that it represents the spiritual meeting: Isis and Osiris, who was his Tair abundant waters of the Nile, which is the basis of life in Egypt.

Or it indicates the Baath and restore life when the ancient Egyptian.

The vertical line in the second half represents the convergence of the poles or condensation of opposites.

The Egyptian academics, particularly at the University of Cairo, Vodzmoa that the key to life represents the pivotal role of the Nile River in Egypt:

Oval head represents the Nile Delta region.

The vertical part represents the path of the river.

Horizontal part represents the east and the west, who need to protect the Egyptian them.

Vulnerability

Influenced by many cultures, the Egyptian foreign key to life, including:

The key to life appeared frequently on ancient coins in Cyprus and Asia Minor (especially Malos city in present-day Turkey).

In contemporary culture, and even Qena this, the key to life is used to represent the planet Venus, which in turn represents the goddess Venus or Aphrodite when the Westerners.