Ankh
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An Ankh is an ancient Egyptian religious symbol and hieroglyphic for eternal "life", consisting of a loop above a "T". The glyph is often found in tombs near depictions of Egyptian gods or kings, invoking their supposed eternal live with Osirus. It represents a sandal's ankle strap, and therefore, like all Hieroglyphs, carries that phonetic value in phonetic hieroglyphs. There has been conjecture that the symbol is a representation of the (lifegiving) sun rising across the water. It figures frequently in personal names; e.g. Tutankhamen, Ankhesenamun. It has been "resurrected" by modern pop culture to symbolize life