ocr: Symbols The Egyptians used symbols in painting and in jewelry. Asymbol is an object ora a mark that represents another object or an idea. Egyptians who could not read could recognize symbols. They EYE OF: HORUS ANKH could tell, for example, that a picture of a woman with COW homs represented the goddess Hathor. Jewelry had symbolic meaning, too. SCARAB Children wore small fish ornaments FISH ORNAMENT in their hair. People believed that these oraments protected children from accidents in the Nile. Adults often wore a carving of an Eye of See Also: Horus, which for is good now health. called The ...
