The claim that Christianity borrowed the Egyptian ankh symbol is everywhere online — but how much of it holds up? The ankh ...

The Egyptian hieroglyphic ankh looks kind of similar to the Christian cross. This has lead some conspiracy theorists to argue that Christians copied the ankh for their own religious symbol: the cross.

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