Egyptian religion was filled with magical symbols, amulets, and totems. The Eye of Horus, often called the Wadjet or Wedjat ...

VANNINI via Getty Images The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ...

(The god's left eye represented the moon as a source of healing). Then, by the time of the fourth Egyptian dynasty, the well-known sun god Ra became the primary symbol of the Egyptian solar cult.