often recognized as the Egyptian cross, in ancient Egypt it was a sysmbol of eternal life and represented the word “life” in the hieroglyphs
the shape represents the union of Isis and Osiris, bringing together male and female, sky and earth, the basis of all life.
other names it is known by: the Knot of Isis for its power to unite and bind the way Isis gathered Osiris’s scattered remains to resurrect him; its significance to symbolizing eternal life also gives it the name the Key of Life; and it is also known as the Key of Nile since the annual flood in the Nile brings much fertility and life to Egypt
