Egyptian Lapis Wedjat Eye pendant, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Medium - Terracotta Symbols of military might

Symbols of military might

This pendant exemplifies the refined elegance of early Byzantine jewelry

the goddess of fertility and chastity

This effigy belongs to the Moche tradition of portraying prisoners

Now mounted in a modern high-karat gold ring

Egyptian Lapis Wedjat Eye pendant, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Medium - Terracotta Symbols of military mightWithout doubt, the best known of all protective amulets is the wedjat, literally 'the sound one', referring to the eye of the falcon headed Horus after it had been plucked out during one of his interminable battles with Seth and then healed by Thoth. This Horus was the celestial falcon and great creator god whose right eye was the sun and left eye the moon. It is generally supposed that the wedjat was the moon eye, which was 'injured' as it waned and