Vintage Ancient Egyptian Heart Scarab, Hand Carved Black Basalt Rock, Aswan - Upper Egypt 22 mm

VINTAGE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HEART SCARAB

- CARVED BLACK BASALT ROCK.

- FASCINATING AMULET, VERY PRECISE CARVING

THE AMULET IS PERSONALIZED 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

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

'EXACT AGE IS NOT DETERMINED'

- IT'S GUARANTEED THAT THIS AMULET IS 50 YEARS OLD OR OLDER

- DIMENSIONS: 22 mm LONG - 15 mm WIDE - 7 mm DEEP

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

* NOT HOLED

Scarabs were 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

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