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Plate INorth Africa · Ancient EgyptEye of Horus, drawn by Wishlore
Pl. IEye of Horus. The wedjat eye. Drawing: Wishlore.
No. 15  ·  For good health  ·  North Africa

The eye of Horus

The wedjat eye of ancient Egypt, worn as an amulet for thousands of years.

Earliest record
Wedjat amulets, The Met
Source
The Met, wedjat eye amulet
Region
North Africa · Ancient Egypt
Wish
For good health
Layers
Record Folk Modern
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The story · three layers

The story, in three layers.

Record, Folk and Modern are kept apart, and each one carries its source.

I
Record
Egypt, 332–30 BC

A gold wedjat

The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds a gold wedjat amulet from 332–30 BC. Ancient Egyptians linked the eye with restoration and renewal.

II
Folk
Ancient Egypt

What Egyptians believed

The museum’s note records the belief that the eye could make whole what had been harmed. That was an ancient Egyptian belief, and we report it as one.

III
Modern
Wishlore, today

How we tell it

We write what ancient Egyptians believed and make no claim about health.

Eye of Horus
Wedjat amulets, The Met
Story and sources on the reverse
Pl. IIThe story card. Every printed piece carries the story and a code that opens the full source list.
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Watch the story

The story, in a minute.

It opens with the pencil construction, then follows the record, how people used it, and the piece we make today. Every fact in it comes from the sources on this page.

Length
0:55
Narration
English, with subtitles on screen
Images
Pencil construction and the atlas drawing on this page, animated; no AI images; jewellery shown as a line drawing
Sources
Listed at the end of the film
Story film · 0:55 · Drawn from the atlas plate · no AI images
In one breath
An eye that, for ancient Egyptians, stood for things made whole again. Who would you keep it for?
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