Set of amulets on body

Set of amulets on body

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This is a set of amulets from a mummy. They include scarabs, Eyes of Horus, gold foil, beads, a two-fingered amulet, and forceps.

They are from Tell Nabasha, Tomb 23, Mummy B Amulets were placed on the body for protection in the afterlife. Archaeologists at Tell Nabasha found four mummies that they unwrapped. This was one of the first times that the position of amulets on a body had been recorded. This is the set of amulets from one of those mummies, in the positions in which they were found on the body. This is a set of amulets from a mummy. They include scarabs, Eyes of Horus, gold foil, beads, a two-fingered amulet, and forceps. They are made from stone (schist, felspar, basalt, slate, lapis lazuli and agate); glass, gold and faience. They are between 2,300 and 2,600 years old, dating to the 27th Dynasty (525-332 BCE) in the Late Period.

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