{"id":741,"date":"2022-02-22T01:40:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T01:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=741"},"modified":"2022-02-25T03:01:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T03:01:55","slug":"egyptian-knife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/egyptian-knife\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian Knife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/egyptian-knife-protection-symbol.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3303\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/egyptian-knife-protection-symbol.webp 435w, https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/egyptian-knife-protection-symbol-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/egyptian-knife-protection-symbol-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The knife was a symbol of protection and might in ancient Egypt. The ancient flint knife \u2013 des \u2013 was the preferred ritual knife. Knives regularly figure in depictions of the Egyptian afterlife. They aid in the slaying of the deceased&#8217;s adversaries and the smooth transit through the afterlife. Knife-wielding deities, such as Bes and Taweret, were frequently depicted. Knife-wielding guardians of the underworld&#8217;s gates were also depicted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The knife was a symbol of protection and might in ancient Egypt. The ancient flint knife \u2013 des \u2013 was the preferred ritual knife. Knives regularly figure in depictions of the Egyptian afterlife. They aid in the slaying of the deceased&#8217;s adversaries and the smooth transit through the afterlife. Knife-wielding deities, such as Bes and &#8230; <a title=\"Egyptian Knife\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/egyptian-knife\/\" aria-label=\"More on Egyptian Knife\">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":[57],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741"}],"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=741"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3304,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions\/3304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}