The gene ANKH is involved in crystal-related inflammatory reactions and inorganic phosphate transport.
The lead guitar replacement for Frehley for the Creatures tour in the US was Vinnie Vincent, who adopted the "Ankh Warrior" makeup.
An Egyptian cross inside the church suggests the village's ancient roots, when the Phoenicians erected a temple there to honour the goddess Isis.
Therefore, the meaning of the two triangles interlaced, is the victory of spirit over matter, and at the beginning of our present civilization was believed an all-powerful talisman and amulet, especially when used with either a Cross of Tau, the Hebrew Yodh, or the Egyptian Crux Ansata in the center.
The Symbol itself is the equivalent of the Egyptian Ankh or the Rosicrucian's Rosy Cross; which represents the microcosmic forces (the pentacle, representation of the pentagram with 5 elements, the tetragrammaton or YHVH) interweave with the macro-cosmic forces (the hexagram, the representation of the planetary or heavenly cosmic forces, the divine).
Ankh | The Streets of Ankh-Morpork | Ankh wedja seneb | ANKH | ankh |
In 1934 he co-authored the two-volume work Mongol Ardyn Undessnii Khuv'sgalyn Ankh Üüsch Baiguulsan Tovch Tüükh (Short History of the Original Birth and Establishment of the Mongolian People's National Revolution) with his close friend Khorloogiin Choibalsan and G. Demid.
Originally containing a small section of the then rather loosely defined Ankh-Morpork, over time more locations have been added as the world has been further described in the book series, and laid out in the map supplements (such as The Streets of Ankh-Morpork and The Discworld Mapp).
The terms Hindu Sansriti Ankh is an ancient series of books originally from northern part of India.
The album title is a play on words, combining the phrase "Kiss My Ass" (also the name of a Kiss tribute album) with a reference to the Egyptian nature of Vinnie Vincent's Kiss character (who wore a golden ankh symbol on his face).