التمائم المصرية القديمة: دراسة في الرمز والمعنى (1580-1085)‎ ق . م

الملخص EN

Amulets and sophistication were of great importance in the lives of the peoples of the ancient world, and the ancient Egyptians were most interested in amulets, incantations and sacred writings, as they called them several names, and their purpose was to protect the wearer from harm or misfortune befalling them, and they represented very small symbols that represented various deities such as Horus, Isis and Ptah And others, as well as different forms, including crowns and sacred animals such as the cow, the calf, the crocodile, the monkey, the bird Apis, and others, were represented.

And to ward off all kinds of harm from man and give him strength, fertility and blessing, and amulets were used for decorating purposes, as the ancient Egyptian wore necklaces, bracelets and anklets that acted as amulets to ward off the evil eye and envy, and amulets were placed under the doorsteps of houses and above the entrance doors and inside the houses, especially in the bedrooms of children and pregnant women, where the knife was used, which was fired The ancient Egyptian used it (the guardian knife) to protect them from evil spirits and expel demons, and the amulets were divided according to their types and types into worldly amulets and funerary amulets, as there were many materials from which the amulets were made, so they were made of precious stones and precious metals, and this diversity in raw materials led to a multiplicity In the job for which those amulets are made.