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  2. List of ancient Egyptian statuary with amulet necklaces

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    Row 3: (4)-Heart amulets. Ancient Amulet Necklace of Egypt, Albert hall Museum, Jaipur Amulets of Egypt, 644-332 BC, Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur. 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 ...

  3. Amulet - Wikipedia

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    An amulet is an object that is generally worn for protection and made from a durable material (metal or hard-stone). Both amulets and talismans can be applied to paper examples as well. [2] Amulets are sometimes confused with pendants, small aesthetic objects that hang from necklaces. Any given pendant may indeed be an amulet but so may any ...

  4. Lunula (amulet) - Wikipedia

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    A lunula (pl. lunulae) was a crescent moon shaped pendant worn by girls in ancient Rome. [1] Girls ideally wore them as an apotropaic amulet, [2] the equivalent of the boy's bulla. [3]

  5. Hamsa - Wikipedia

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    A hanging hamsa in Tunisia. The hamsa (Arabic: خمسة, romanized: khamsa, lit. 'five', referring to images of 'the five fingers of the hand'), [1] [2] [3] also known as the hand of Fatima, [4] is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout North Africa and in the Middle East and commonly used in jewellery and wall hangings.

  6. Bulla (amulet) - Wikipedia

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    Necklace with lenticular bulla, Ostia, Augustan age, gold. Roman bullae were enigmatic objects of lead, sometimes covered in gold foil, if the family could afford it. A bulla was worn around the neck as a locket to protect against evil spirits and forces. Bullae were made of differing substances depending upon the wealth of the family.

  7. 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.

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