the ankh, symbol of life, thoracic vertebra of a bull (seen in cross section).Schwabe speculated that the ankh, djed, and was symbols have a biological basis derived from ancient cattle culture (linked to the Egyptian belief that semen was created in the spine), thus:
In their 2004 book The Quick and the Dead, Andrew Hunt Gordon and Calvin W. The word for sandal strap was also spelled ꜥnḫ, although it may have been pronounced differently. Sir Alan Gardiner speculated that it depicts a sandal strap, with the loop going around the ankle. Wallis Budge postulated that the symbol originated as the belt-buckle of the mother goddess Isis, an idea joined by Wolfhart Westendorf with the notion that both the ankh and the knot of Isis were used in many ceremonies. The ankh, during the reign of Hatshepsut (1508–1458 BC), from the Royal Ontario Museum. Merenptah offering an ankh, djed, and was to Ptah. In some remarkable sculptures, where the sun's rays are represented as terminating in hands, the offerings which these bring are many a crux ansata, emblematic of the truth that a fruitful union is a gift from the deity. There are few symbols more commonly met with in Egyptian art. It represents the male triad and the female unit, under a decent form. It is also called the "handled cross", or crux ansata. It is by Egyptologists called the symbol of life. One of the earliest suggestions is that of Thomas Inman, first published in 1869: The origin of the symbol remains a mystery to archaeologists, and no single hypothesis has been widely accepted. Egyptian gods are often portrayed carrying it by its loop, or bearing one in each hand, arms crossed over their chest. The ankh (also known as key of life, the key of the Nile or crux ansata Latin meaning "cross with a handle") was the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic character that read "eternal life", a triliteral sign for the consonants.
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