The Eye of Horus engraved on a gold plate. This artifact was found in the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Psusennes I, who ruled more than 3,000 years ago. . | Credit: DEA / S. VANNINI via ...

It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient Egyptian language and a ... so the Rosetta stone was the key to the hieroglyphic code. Hieroglyphs could be written ...

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to ...

shown as a stylised eye pointing forward, is a well-known symbol in Egyptian culture. They were often displayed on wedjat amulets, which were protective tokens inserted into mummy wrappings ...