Ancient Egyptian symbols

A sphinx ( ; , ; or sphinges ) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle.

thumb|upright=0.5|The ankh has a T-shape topped by a droplet-shaped loop. 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.

thumb|right|A dragon-like ouroboros in a 1478 drawing in an alchemical tract

thumb|upright|alt=A stone face carved with coloured hieroglyphics. Two cartouches - ovoid shapes with hieroglyphics inside - are visible at the bottom.|Birth and throne cartouches of Pharaoh Seti I, from [[KV17 at the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. Neues Museum, Berlin.]]

ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health

thumb|right|drawing of a Uraeus thumb|Statuette of a uraeus, between 722 and 332 BC. Late Period of ancient Egypt|Late Period. [[Museo Egizio Turin.]] thumb|Mask of Tutankhamun's mummy featuring a uraeus, from the Eighteenth Dynasty. The [[cobra image of Wadjet with the vulture image of Nekhbet represent the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt.]]

thumb|upright|alt=Line drawing of a serekh|Horus serekh, heavily embellished form

scarab beetle-shaped amulets and impression seals of ancient Egypt

thumb|right|100px|The djed, an ancient Egyptian symbol meaning 'stability', is the symbolic vertebral column|backbone of the god [[Osiris.|class=skin-invert-image]] The djed, also djt ( 𓊽, Coptic jōt "pillar", anglicized /dʒɛd/) is one of the more ancient and commonly found symbols in ancient Egyptian religion. It is a pillar-like symbol in Egyptian hieroglyphs representing stability. It is associated with the creator god Ptah and Osiris, the Egyptian god of the afterlife, the underworld, and the dead. It is commonly understood to represent his spine.

thumb|upright|right|A tyet

ancient Egyptian symbol

deity

symbols of ancient Egyptian royalty

Relic of Egyptian mythology

symbolic objects of the royalty of Ancient Egypt

group of ancient Egyptian amulets