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Description: | Amulets were pieces of jewellery worn by both the living and the dead as charms or as protection against evil. These amulets are made from blue glaze. They come from a grave at the settlement of Qua El-Kebir near Hammamiya in Upper Egypt and date to the 25th Dynasty (about 747-656 BC). They represent the 'wedjat' eye of Horus. Horus was the god of the sky and was depicted as a falcon or as a man with a falcon's head. The 'wedjat' eye or 'Eye of Horus' is the symbol of the eye Horus lost when he fought his evil uncle Seth. After the battle, his eye was restored and it became a powerful symbol of restoration, protection, health and prosperity. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | archaeology egyptian | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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