Illustration
Scarab shaped amulet containing the image and cartouche of Amenhotep III, promising its owner in this world 'life' (represented by an ankh). These beetle amulets were used in Ancient Egypt for rituals or administrative purposes (14th century BCE).
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Original image by Walters Art Museum. Uploaded by Cristian Violatti, published on 15 May 2013 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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Museum, W. A. (2013, May 15). Scarab. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/1216/
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Museum, Walters A. "Scarab." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 15, 2013. https://www.ancient.eu/image/1216/.
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Museum, Walters A. "Scarab." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 15 May 2013. Web. 20 Jan 2021.
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