Egyptian Symbols (Art)

The Egyptians had many symbols which they believed in. You could find many of these symbols on many walls besides their paintings or all over the ceilings. Each symbol has a meaning on its own.

The Eye of Horus

An Example of The eye of Horus

This was a very important and powerful symbol for the Egyptians. They believed in it as a protection from bad things, healing and as a health symbol. This symbol represents the god Horus’ eye, who was a very important god. The eye’s design has got an inspiration from falcon. The right eye was known as the Eye of Ra which symbolized the sun, and the left eye was known as the Eye of Thoth or Aah which symbolized the moon. It symbolized the moon because the god Horus was going to be blind from the left eye but he healed after he was cured.  

The burial chamber of the workman
 Pashed at Deir el-Medina (1280 BC)

In this image on the right there is also this important symbols, which was painted a bit huge, maybe to show its importance. Also there are a lot of symbols all over the ceiling as I said before, they used to draw many symbols with their paintings.







This is a tattoo which was inspired from the Eye of Horus.



Bibliography:

Ancient Egyptian Gods and Symbols, Anon, n.d., Adjat [online] Available at: http://www.artsconnected.org/collection/102739/ancient-egyptian-gods-and-symbols?print=true [Accessed 17 May 2014].