The Egyptian hieroglyphic ankh looks kind of similar to the Christian cross. This has lead some conspiracy theorists to argue ...

The Egyptian ankh—a symbol of life—has long intrigued scholars and conspiracy theorists alike for its resemblance to the ...

After Christianity, the first Christians in Egypt also placed on their graves the Ra’s sailboat, but with a slight change in the form of the ankh symbol to become closer to the shape of the cross.

His brush with death may have made the ankh symbols, which represented life, even more significant to the Judean king, the researchers wrote in the statement. Follow Tia Ghose on Twitter and Google+.

A clay imprint from the seal of the biblical King Hezekiah, right, was found recently in Jerusalem. A projection of the seal’s image, right, shows a two-winged sun flanked by two ankh symbols.

The royal seal of an ancient biblical king has been unearthed near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The seal, a clay impression depicting a two-winged sun with two ankh symbols on either side, was ...