Don Barone Wrote:
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> Hermione you and Greg are free to believe it
> represents a sandal strap. The most sacred sign of
> all is a sandal strap, yes that is so rewarding
> and makes so much sense.
Where did I say I thought that the ankh was derived from a sandal strap? There are many explanations ... such as this one:
Schwabe, Calvin W., Joyce Adams, and Carleton T. Hodge. 1982 "Egyptian Beliefs about the Bull's Spine: An Anatomical Origin for Ankh" Anthropological Linguistics 24:445-477.
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