ANKH • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Ankh

... beginning: it is the City of the Beginning, it is the Name of the City of the Beginning. It reacheth to Uauatet, which is the first land [on the south]. There is a long flight of steps there (a nilometer?), on which Ra resteth when he determineth to prolong life to mankind. It is called 'Netchemtchem ankh.' Here are the 'Two Qerti,'[1] which are the two breasts wherefrom every good thing cometh. Here is the bed of the Nile, here the Nile-god reneweth his youth, and here he sendeth out the flood on the land. Here his waters rise to a height ...

— The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians • E. A. Wallis Budge

... much to see, and the boys took their time, spending over an hour in the section devoted to the relics of Tut-Ankh-Amon, the boy Pharaoh who had died at about the age of eighteen. His tomb had been found intact, one of the few that had escaped the desert thieves. Priceless objects had been found, including the King's death mask of painted ...

— The Egyptian Cat Mystery • Harold Leland Goodwin