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Eternal life. == I believe it means simply "life" which could be temporal or eternal. It is believed that the heiroglyph originated from an image of the female reproductive system.

Addendum: While the Ankh in its simplest meaning means "life" (specifically, "eternal life"), and may or may not thus be connected with the female reproductive system (as in the later symbol for female), it was moreover to them the symbolic "key" to opening the door between the Ka (Kah) & the Ba (Bah), i.e., the Spiritual & Physical Worlds...
A type of amulet, and the symbol of life, shaped as a cross with a loop on top.

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