{"id":1003,"date":"2022-02-22T02:46:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T02:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2022-02-28T01:48:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T01:48:44","slug":"hourglass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/hourglass\/","title":{"rendered":"Hourglass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Symbol-of-death-time.-Hourglass.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3646\" width=\"260\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Symbol-of-death-time.-Hourglass.webp 519w, https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Symbol-of-death-time.-Hourglass-300x190.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Symbol of death, time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, gravestones frequently included an hourglass sign. The passing of time on Earth was depicted by a simple hourglass. The ephemeral nature of time was symbolized by an hourglass with wings. Passers-by were encouraged to grab the day and enjoy life to the fullest. It could also symbolise the passage of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symbol of death, time. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, gravestones frequently included an hourglass sign. The passing of time on Earth was depicted by a simple hourglass. The ephemeral nature of time was symbolized by an hourglass with wings. Passers-by were encouraged to grab the day and enjoy life to the fullest. It could &#8230; <a title=\"Hourglass\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/hourglass\/\" aria-label=\"More on Hourglass\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3647,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions\/3647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}