2. Key of Life
• Life had to be harmonious coordination of
energy and matter.
• The symbolic representation of both physical
and eternal life.
• The Ankh was associated with Isis and Osiris.
• The knowledge of what object it signified was
lost
4. Key of Life
• But it remained a symbol of God in Christian
era
• Key to eternal life after death
• The Ankh box was found in the tomb of
Tutnkhamun. It’s a mirror case.
• Ankh gave a concentration of energy, who can
be directed through the breath of life.
6. Ankh knowledge
• In him was life, and the life was the light of
men. And light shined in darkness; And the
darkness comprehended it not. St John 1:4-5
• The neb ankh was an awesome experience
which would change forever, the initiate’s
perception of realty.
• For it was foretaste of life after death, a
discovery of an existence outside the mass of
the body and inter-dimensional access to the
TUT ( the Underworld)
8. Ankh’s Family
• During the 18 th Dynasty since Akhenaten,
each representative of pharao’s family owned
the Ankh sign and symbol in his name
• Akhenaten himself
• Tutankhamun his son
• And many other
• Ankhet “the Land of Life”
12. Osiris
• Osiris the first Christ
• Who have shown that the evolution of
Christianity is rooted in the religion of Isis,
Horus and Osiris.
• Central in Christian theology is the
resurrection of Christ from the death.
• Ankhet “the Land of Life”
14. Ka-Heru or the soul of Horus
• Horus son of God
• Soul of the God’s son
• Heru Asr, the Egyptian falcon of Holy Spirit, is
pictured on temple walls flying with Ankh in
its talons
• Heru- The ankh life messenger came with
words of healing and life.
• Maat-Kheru, the soul balance after death
15. ANKH- MAAT
• Ankh- death
situation of rebirth
in the heaven
• The soul who
dwelt in the heart
had to be as airy as
a feather