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2. Scarab (artifact) - Wikipedia

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   Canaanite scarabs imitate contemporary Egyptian late Middle Kingdom designs, while also introducing new decorative elements and symbols. [21] Scarabs made by Canaanite artisans show extensive use of linear and cross hatching on the bodies of the various figures, representations of native animals, and the use of the palm branch. [22] [23]

3. List of ancient Egyptian statuary with amulet necklaces

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   Egyptian Gallery. Amulet of Egypt, Ancient, Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur. An amulet, also known as a good luck charm, is an object believed to confer protection upon its possessor. The "Amulets of Ancient Egypt" fall in approximately seven major categories: Amulets of gods/goddesses and sacred animals; Amulets of protection (or aversion)

4. Ankh - Wikipedia

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   The ankh or key of life is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol used to represent the word for "life" and, by extension, as a symbol of life itself. The ankh has a T-shape topped by a droplet-shaped loop. It was used in writing as a triliteral sign, representing a sequence of three consonants, Ꜥ-n-ḫ. This sequence was found in several ...

5. Glossary of ancient Egypt artifacts - Wikipedia

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   Microlith – ancient Egyptian stone flakes; Menat – an amulet worn around the neck. Also a musical instrument, a metal rattle (see also: sistrum) Menhed – a scribe's pallet; Mummy – body after mummification; Naos – religious shrine; portable shrine for carrying a god; Ostracon – pottery sherd, limestone Sherd, used as writing material

6. Pectoral (Ancient Egypt) - Wikipedia

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   The pectorals of ancient Egypt were a form of jewelry, often in the form of a brooch. They are often also amulets, and may be so described. They were mostly worn by richer people and the pharaoh. One type is attached with a nah necklace, suspended from the neck and lying on the breast. Statuary from the Old Kingdom onwards shows this form.

7. List of Egyptian hieroglyphs - Wikipedia

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   The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom.. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard.

8. Usekh collar - Wikipedia

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   As early as the Old Kingdom (c. 2670–2195 B.C.), Egyptian artisans fashioned images of deities, kings, and mortals wearing broad collars made of molded tubular and teardrop beads. [1] The Usekh or Wesekh is a personal ornament, a type of broad collar or necklace, familiar to many because of its presence in images of the ancient Egyptian elite.

9. Gold (hieroglyph) - Wikipedia

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   In its determinative usage, it identifies any precious metal, [1] and as an ideogram in "gold" specifically (Egyptian nbw, whence Coptic ⲛⲟⲩⲃ nūb). [2] [3] The hieroglyph represents a large gold and pearl necklace. [4] Old Kingdom scenes show dwarfs metalworking the gold, [5] and "stringing the pearls of gold". [6]