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ANCIENT EGYPT , NEW KINGDOM HUGE CARNELIAN SCARAB. 1250 B.C

Carnelian scarab with the royal prenomen of Thutmosis III ("Men-kheper-Re”) embraced by the tail of the sacred cobra (uraeus) and the epithet “the good god, Lord of the two lands”

SUCH SCARABS ARE CALLED HEART SCARABS, NO SUSPENSION HOLES. BOUGHT RECENTLY SIMILAR ONES BUT SET IN A SILVER PENDANT WITH SUSPENSION LOOP, THIS EXPLAINS WHY THIS HAS NO HOLES, AS IT WAS MADE TO BE SET IN SILVER PENDANTS.

CHECKED & ATTRIBUTED BY A KNOWN EXPERT, MUSEUM CURATOR AND PHD HOLDER IN ARCHAEOLOGY IN GERMANY

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