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Ankh
An examination of the ancient Egyptian cross symbolizing the creative energies of the male and female in context of the history of Egyptian art and heiroglyphic symbology.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
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1994
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"The ankh (crux ansata) was an ancient Egyptian T.shaped cross surmounted with a loop. It symbolized the creative energies of the male and female and - most importantly to a civilization obsessed with the afterlife - the essence of life. In this paper, the ankh will be examined in terms of its general place in the history of art and symbols and as it fit in specifically with the art and hieroglyphic symbology of the ancient Egyptians.As noted above, the ankh has the essential form of a cross. The cross is among the oldest and most universal of symbols. In preliterate societies it often represented a conjunction of dualities, or - as the symbol would quite frequently be viewed literally - as an intersection of two worlds: the human and the divine. These symbols could be quite elaborate, but basically..."
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Ankh (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Ankh/21310
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"Ankh" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Ankh/21310>
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