Vintage Ancient Egyptian Heart Scarab Amulet, Hand Carved Black Basalt Stone, Aswan - Upper Egypt. 20mm L. 14mm W. Free US Shipping.

VINTAGE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HEART SCARAB AMULET.

- CARVED EGYPTIAN BASALT STONE.

- FASCINATING AMULET, VERY UNUSUAL CARVING

THE AMULET IS INSCRIBED ON THE BACK WITH HIEROGLYPHIC THIS TYPE OF SCARABS WERE CALLED THE HEART SCARABS, THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY CREATED TO PROTECT THE HEART

*ACTUAL PHOTOS, *CLOSE UP PICS ARE TO SHOW DETAILS NOT ACTUAL SIZE

- PLACE OF ORIGIN: EGYPT. *100% AUTHENTIC EGYPTIAN

- DATE: ACQUIRED IN 1968 FROM ASWAN, UPPER EGYPT,

'EXACT AGE IS NOT DETERMINED'

- IT'S GUARANTEED THAT THIS AMULET IS 56 YEARS OLD OR OLDER

- DIMENSIONS: 20mm LONG - 14mm WIDE - 9mm DEEP

- CONDITION: GREAT CONDITION, INTACT. AS IT WAS ACQUIRED

* NOT HOLED

EGYPTIAN BASALT:
Black Stone that Sometimes Looks Dark Brown After Weathering. Its Hardness Makes it a Difficult Stone to Work. Basalt Vessels, Found in the Faiyum and at Merimda-Benisalame, are Among the Oldest Stone Vessels Ever Found in Egypt. In the Old Kingdom, Basalt Was Occasionally Used as Material to Make Sarcophagi and Statues, Basalt Scrabs and Canpic Jars Were also Created To Protect The Heart, Most Scarabs Had God Horus Symbol on the Back for Protection.
The Most Popular Basalt Piece in History is The Rosetta Stone, The Basalt Slab Inscribed in Three Languages. one of them is Hieroglyphic.

SCARABS: Were The Most Popular Amulets in Ancient Egypt. According to Ancient Egyptian Myths, the Sun (Ra) Rolls Across the Sky Each Day and Transforms Bodies and Souls. the Scarab Was Seen as an Earthly Symbol of this Heavenly Cycle. This Came to be Iconographic, and Ideological Symbols Were Incorporated Into Ancient Egyptian Society.

To the Ancient Egyptians, the Scarab or Dung Beetle was a Protector and a Symbol of the New Brighter Day Ahead, and Still is in Modern Egypt.

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