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An Egyptian protective amulet in the form of the Eye of Horus (wedjat). Earthenware, 6th-4th century BCE. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

Roman mosaic of the Evil Eye from Antioch. The eye is pierced by a trident and sword, pecked by a raven, barked at by a dog, and attacked by a centipede, scorpion, cat, and snake. A horned dwarf with a gigantic phallus...

Bird's-eye view of the Kremlin from the southwest (Moskva River), Moscow, Russia. Photo taken in 1987 by Georgy Nadezhdin /TASS photo chronicle/.

Gypsum alabaster eye idol from the Middle Uruk period, c. 3700-3500 BCE, Tell Brak, Syria. Many similar artifacts have been found at Tell Brak; they were likely amuletic objects honoring the Mesopotamian goddess Ningal, wife...

A marble eye which was once attached to the prow of a trireme in order to ward off evil. Traces of the original paint can still be seen. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus)

Bird's eye view of the fort of Batticaloa, copperplate printing on paper by Johannes Janssonius Waasbergen, c. 1665. Nationaal Archief, The Hague.

The Viking building tradition relied more on the shipbuilder’s eye than on an obsession with rulers. Correct proportions were established through memory and experience carried into the hand. Charcoal illustration...

The gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt were an integral part of the people's everyday lives for over 3,000 years. There were over 2,000 deities in the Egyptian pantheon, many whose names are well known - Isis, Osiris...

Hathor is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated, later, with Isis and, earlier, with Sekhmet but eventually was considered the primeval goddess from whom all others were derived. She is usually depicted as a woman with the head of a...

The Book of the Heavenly Cow is an ancient Egyptian text dealing with the rebellion of humanity against the sun god Ra, his destruction of the rebels through the goddess Hathor, the reversal of this decision and Ra's mercy...