Civic Archaeological Museum of Bologna: Amulets: Pillars or DjedIn the religion of the ancient Egyptians, the Zed (or Djed), translated as "stability", "presence", is the representation of the backbone of the god Osiris, king of the Underworld. For the Egyptians, the backbone was the seat of the vital fluid, and symbolized stability (ḍdi, the word from which "Djed" originates, means "to be stable") and eternal life. The hieroglyph that represents it resembles a pillar.Symbol of the Djed.It was an important sacred symbol for the people of the Nile (so much so that in wall paintings it is colored with precious turquoise), and was already present before being associated with Osiris: in the Neolithic it was represented as a sort of fetish or amulet. Another school of thought considers it a representation of the victory of good over evil, as happens after the myth of the death of Osiris, killed by his brother Seth but avenged by Horus, or
