✦ The Ankh ✦
-Symbol of the future life and its three characteristics:
peace, happiness and contentment
-The upper round part of the Ankh cross symbolizes the Nile delta, i.e. Lower Egypt, the lower straight part the Nile in Upper Egypt, while the horizontal bar represents the middle, i.e. the unification of the Egyptian empire.
-The upper part is a symbol for the female principle and the lower part for the masculine. The middle represents the oneness of the two principles.