Wedjat Eye Amulet
Third Intermediate Period–Late Period
Discovered with some later, intrusive burials with the early temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri (constructed around 1500 BCE), this was one of a group of loose amulets and strings of beads that was found inside a small woven thread basket that had in turn been placed in a larger basket.
This amulet is a wedjat, the eye of Horus that was injured in a battle with his uncle, the god Seth, and then restored by the god Thoth. It was considered an embodiment of the power of healing and a symbol of rebirth.
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