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Description: | Multiple wadjet eye. The wadjet eye or 'Eye of Horus' was worn in life as well as death. Egyptian religion told a story of how Seth took out Horus's eye and how it was restored and healed by Hathor/Thoth. The eye was therefore a symbol of completeness. Multiple eyes meant increased protection. 24-85/39 written in black ink along side. Originally part of the collection of Lord Aberdare, transferred from the National Museum of Wales Cardiff.The eye was therefore a symbol of completeness. Multiple wedjet eyes seem to begin in the Third Intermediate Period (Carol Andrews 1994 'Amulets of Ancient Egypt' p 44). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | Third Intermediate Period - Graeco Roman | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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