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Ankh

The ankh or key of life is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol used to represent the word for "life" and, by extension, as a symbol of life itself.

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Use in writing

Origins

Use in religion and art

Other ancient cultures

Christianity

Modern use

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Ankh

Nodes100
Edges99
Triples107
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02
Components1

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Ankh

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related to Origins · 21
Ankh → Allen, BC, Early, Egyptian, Egyptians, Egyptologists Heinrich Schäfer, First Dynasty, For, Gardiner, Gardiner's, He, Henry Fischer, Hieroglyphic, James, Many, Middle Kingdom, S33, S34, There, These
related to Christianity · 17
Ankh → According, AD, Alexandria's, Christian, Christianization, Christians, Constantinople, Egypt, Egyptian, Gospel, It, Jesus, Judas, Pagans, Serapeum, Socrates, The
related to Modern use · 16
Ankh → African, Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Europe, In, It, Its, Kemetism, Miscellaneous Symbols, Much, The, The Hunger, Unicode, United States, Western
related to Other ancient cultures · 16
Ankh → Anatolian, Artwork, BC, Canaan, Crete, Egypt, Egyptian, Elsewhere, It, Meroitic, Meroitic Kingdom, Middle Bronze Age, Minoan, Near East, Syria, The
related to Use in religion and art · 15
Ankh → As, By, Egypt, Egyptian, For, Hand, In, In Egyptian, Individual, Life, Middle Kingdom, Sustaining, The, The Egyptians, Therefore
related to Use in writing · 9
Ankh → Coptic, Egypt, Egyptian, English, For, In, One, The, The Egyptian
related to External links · 3
Ankh → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
is a · 1
Ankh → thoracic vertebra

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sign life egyptian used signs ancient represented symbol writing hieroglyphic word also egypt like djed deities pharaoh could found mirror

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ankhis athoracic vertebra0.90text
air or waterinstance ofThe symbol often appeared in Egyptian art as a physical object representing either life or related life-giving substances0.80text
cloth or reedsinstance ofMany scholars believe the sign is a knot formed of a flexible material0.80text
as early versions of the sign show the lower bar of the ankh as two separate lengths of flexible material that seem to correspond to the two ends of the knotinstance ofMany scholars believe the sign is a knot formed of a flexible material0.80text
the wallsinstance ofThe sign appeared very commonly in the decoration of architectural forms0.80text
shrines within templesinstance ofThe sign appeared very commonly in the decoration of architectural forms0.80text
theseinstance ofIn contexts0.80text
the sign often appeared together with the wasinstance ofIn contexts0.80text
djed signsinstance ofIn contexts0.80text
which together signifiedinstance ofIn contexts0.80text
Ankhrelated to ChristianityThe0.60section
Ankhrelated to ChristianityEgyptian0.60section

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