Crossword clues for ankh
ankh
- Goth cross
- Egyptian symbol of enduring life
- Egyptian key of life
- Cross worn by Egyptians and goth kids
- Cross seen in hieroglyphics
- Cross on a goth kid's necklace
- Cairo cross
- Tomb painting symbol
- Tau cross
- Symbol on many sarcophagi
- Symbol held by Horus
- Sacred cross in ancient Egypt
- Looped Egyptian symbol of enduring life
- Hippie necklace ornament
- Hieroglyph meaning "life"
- Hank (anag) — cross symbolising eternal life
- Figure on an Egyptian tomb
- Egyptian tau cross
- Egyptian sacred cross
- Egyptian hieroglyph that means "life"
- Egyptian cross with a top loop
- Egyptian cross with a loop
- Decorative motif in ancient Egyptian art
- Crux ansata, or "cross with a handle"
- Cross worn by goth kids
- Cross with a top loop
- Cross with a hook
- Cross in some hieroglyphics
- Cross in hieroglyphics
- Bit of hippie jewelry
- Ansate cross
- Ancient sign of life?
- Ancient emblem of life
- Ancient Egyptian symbol of life — khan (anag)
- Ancient Egyptian cross
- Ancient cross
- Symbol of life in ancient Egypt
- Egyptian cross worn by hippies
- Good luck symbol for King Tut
- Cross with a loop at the top
- Cross of Egypt
- Pharaoh's cross
- Cross of old
- Egyptian symbol of life
- Pharaoh's symbol
- Emblem of life
- Old cross
- Hieroglyphics cross
- Hippie's cross
- Ancient key
- Key of the Nile
- Rosetta Stone symbol
- Figure also called the crux ansata
- Egyptian "key of life"
- Old Egyptian cross
- Egyptian cross symbolizing life
- Cross first part of fantastic city
- Egyptian life symbol
- Kahn animated by a symbol of life
- Egyptian symbol
- Looped cross
- Sacred Egyptian cross
- Ancient symbol of life
- Symbol of enduring life
- Sarcophagus symbol
- Egyptian royal cross
- Cross with a circular loop
- Symbol on a sarcophagus
- Life symbol
- Hippie's necklace charm
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ankh \Ankh\, n. [Egypt.] (Egypt. Arch[ae]ol.)
A tau cross with a loop at the top, used as an attribute or sacred emblem, symbolizing generation or enduring life. Called also crux ansata.
an amulet or piece of jewelry shaped like an ankh[1].
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
tau cross with an oval at the top, Egyptian symbol of life, 1873, from Egyptian ankh, literally "life, soul." Also known as crux ansata.
Wiktionary
n. A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral (l egy ˤnḫ gloss=life) and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept.
Wikipedia
Ankh is a point-and-click 3D adventure game by Deck13 Interactive. It features a fully three-dimensional environment with cineastic camera movement. All content is fully spoken and the soundtrack reflects an authentic Egyptian atmosphere. Humor is an important aspect of the game, and the influence of classic LucasArts adventure games is noticeable. This is the second game in the Ankh series and a remake of Ankh: The Tales of Mystery.
Ankh may mean:
- Ankh, the Egyptian hieroglyphic character ☥, meaning "life"
Usage examples of "ankh".
Fastened to the wall above it was an ancient ankh or crux ansata, the Egyptian cross with looped top, symbolizing procreation and life.
Turning away from the windows, Blake noticed that the cobwebbed cross above the altar was not of the ordinary kind, but resembled the primordial ankh or crux ansata of shadowy Egypt.
By June this year, I had my new instrument built, rebuilt, and calibrated against the Ankh, the Tetragrammaton, and the Pentacle Reversed.
He lay stretched out full length across the top of a glass display case that was crammed with enough silvery ankh pendants to outfit half the population of suburban Goth wannabees on the Eastern Seaboard.
Greek shrine in Delphi, gold caducei wands, hundreds of Tjet ankhs resembling small standing angels, sistrum rattles used in ancient Egypt to dispel evil spirits, and an astonishing array of statues depicting Horus being nursed by the goddess Isis.
Not for His Grace the Duke of Ankh, Commander of the City Watch, Sir Samuel Vimes.
According to a police intake form, he had small ankh, the Egyptian symbol of life, in the web between the thumb and index finger of his right hand.
Judith raised her ankh in the air, and shook it so that they could feel its aura scrape ever so lightly against their nervous systems.
If she set the ankh to its hottest setting, she could start a blaze that would set off a hundred alarms in Pole Star City.
We have the golden chalice, the work of native goldsmiths using the Ankh motif by chance, they will say.
I glimpse her smile and the sign of the ankh that marks her right eye.
Not only did Saunière have a personal passion for relics relating to fertility, goddess cults, Wicca, and the sacred feminine, but during his twenty-year tenure as curator, Saunière had helped the Louvre amass the largest collection of goddess art on earth—labrys axes from the priestesses' oldest Greek shrine in Delphi, gold caducei wands, hundreds of Tjet ankhs resembling small standing angels, sistrum rattles used in ancient Egypt to dispel evil spirits, and an astonishing array of statues depicting Horus being nursed by the goddess Isis.
By shape the Ankh (or Crux Ansata) suggests the formula by which this going is effected in actual practice.
It was a necklace rich and simple-a heavy gold chain with tripled linkage, supporting a large gold ankh, a crux ansata.
And she had no reason to think she was hallucinating, unless the unknown radiation given off by the ankh had induced it.