These symbols connect to an intricate web of signs that stretches from ancient Egypt through medieval secret societies to today's corridors of power. These aren't meaningless decorations ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they ...

power, and favor with the gods in Egyptian culture. The Eye of Horus, especially in the form of the wedjat amulet, was one of the most ubiquitous symbols employed throughout ancient Egypt.