{"id":118,"date":"2022-02-18T14:11:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=118"},"modified":"2022-02-24T00:35:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T00:35:06","slug":"djed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/djed\/","title":{"rendered":"Djed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Djed-Egyptian-symbol.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2636\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Djed is thought to be a representation of a human backbone. It is a symbol of power and stability. It was originally linked to Ptah, the creation god. He is known as the &#8220;Noble Djed.&#8221; As the Osiris cults grew in popularity, it became known as Osiris&#8217; backbone. A djed column is frequently painted on the bottom of coffins, where the deceased&#8217;s backbone would lie, to identify the dead with Osiris, the king of the underworld. It also serves as a sign of steadiness for the deceased&#8217;s afterlife journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Djed is thought to be a representation of a human backbone. It is a symbol of power and stability. It was originally linked to Ptah, the creation god. He is known as the &#8220;Noble Djed.&#8221; As the Osiris cults grew in popularity, it became known as Osiris&#8217; backbone. A djed column is frequently painted &#8230; <a title=\"Djed\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/djed\/\" aria-label=\"More on Djed\">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\/118"}],"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=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2637,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions\/2637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}