Research led by anthropology and Egyptology student Liam McEvoy at the University of California, Berkeley, has proposed a new hypothesis about the use of the blue lotus in ancient Egypt.

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The symbol ... applied to a range of other concepts about the Nile waters ...

The Egyptian funerary boat on display at the Ure Museum is a typical tomb offering from ancient Egypt, and symbolizes the transport of the dead person or their soul, from life to the afterlife.

How ancient Egyptians used the blue lotus in the ‘Journey of the Soul’. The Blue Lotus; Nymphaea Caerulea. Adelaide Botanic Gardens. (photo credit: amandabhslater is licensed under CC BY-SA 2. ...