Ouroboros: Ancient Symbol of Eternity which was used by various ancient civilizations.
Today modern physicists are trying to solve the mystery of time. Was there a beginning of time and will there be an end time? The mystery of time also fascinated our ancestors. Many ancient civilizations believed in the concept of infinity, and they had different ideas on how to explain the nature of infinity.
Ouroboros
An early record of the idea of infinity comes from Anaximander, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus. He used the word "apeiron" (from the Greek. Apeiron - limitless, limitless, immeasurable).
A study of ancient texts shows that many people had one common ancient symbol for expressing the thought of infinity - Ouroboros.
Ouroboros is an ancient symbol of infinity that has been widely used in many different cultures around the world throughout history. The symbol is depicted as a snake eating (biting) its own tail. The term ouroboros is derived from two words in ancient Greek. Ouroboros (ancient Greek οὐροβόρος, from οὐρά "tail" and βορός "devouring"; lit. "devouring [its] tail").
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The first known appearance of the Ouroboros motif is mentioned in the Mysterious Book of the Dead, an ancient Egyptian funerary text in Tomb KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun, in the 14th century BC.
When it was used around 1600 BC by the Egyptians for the first time in history, Ouroboros was considered a symbol of the sun and represented the travels of Aten (Aten (also Aton, Egyptian) is the disc of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology. Through the Egyptians, it passed to the Phoenician culture. a through their relationship with the Phoenicians, it was transferred to the culture of the ancient Greek people who named the symbol of infinity in their language as was customary at that time. Plato described Ouroboros as the first living being; a self-cannibal, circular being. Plato believed that the universe is immortal, mythologically created entity.
The origin of the Ouroboros symbol is not entirely clear. It is possible that the serpent represents the cycle of life and death that sustains the universe, it can also symbolize the rebirth of the dead.
