{"id":102,"date":"2022-02-18T14:08:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=102"},"modified":"2022-02-24T00:33:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T00:33:15","slug":"was-sceptre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/was-sceptre\/","title":{"rendered":"Was &#8211; Sceptre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/was-sceptre-Egyptian-symbol.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/was-sceptre-Egyptian-symbol.png 160w, https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/was-sceptre-Egyptian-symbol-152x300.png 152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The was sceptre (Egyptian ws &#8220;power, dominion&#8221;) is a symbol seen in ancient Egyptian antiquities, art, and hieroglyphs. A stylised animal head sits atop a long, straight staff with a forked end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Was sceptres were linked with ancient Egyptian deities such as Set or Anubis[2] as well as the pharaoh, and were employed as emblems of power or domination. The Set animal is also symbolized by Was sceptres. It was eventually used as a sign of mastery over Set&#8217;s chaotic might.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The was sceptre was sometimes included in the tomb-equipment or in the adornment of the tomb or coffin in a funerary context since it was responsible for the deceased&#8217;s well-being. The sceptre serves as an amulet as well. The Egyptians thought the sky was supported by four pillars, each of which may be in the shape of a was. The nome of Thebes (called wst in Egyptian) was likewise represented by this sceptre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The was sceptre (Egyptian ws &#8220;power, dominion&#8221;) is a symbol seen in ancient Egyptian antiquities, art, and hieroglyphs. A stylised animal head sits atop a long, straight staff with a forked end. Was sceptres were linked with ancient Egyptian deities such as Set or Anubis[2] as well as the pharaoh, and were employed as emblems &#8230; <a title=\"Was &#8211; Sceptre\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/was-sceptre\/\" aria-label=\"More on Was &#8211; Sceptre\">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":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102"}],"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=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/2624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}