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Heart scarab found on Nekhtefmut's chest

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An image of Scarab. Heart scarab, uninscribed found on Nekhtefmut's chest. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Ramesseum, Thebes, Egypt. Depth 1.2 cm, length 2.6 cm, width 1.8 cm, circa 923 B.C. Twenty-second Dynasty. Third Intermediate period, reign of Osorkon I.

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Scarab. Heart scarab, uninscribed found on Nekhtefmut's chest. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Ramesseum, Thebes, Egypt. Depth 1.2 cm, length 2.6 cm, width 1.8 cm, circa 923 B.C. Twenty-second Dynasty. Third Intermediate period, reign of Osorkon I.

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  • Accession Number: E.293.1896
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/36.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 821 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 78.33kB
  • Exposure time: 1/90
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 36/1
  • Captured: 2015:02:26 14:26:06

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10th Century afterlife Ancient Egypt antiquity beetles belief Egyptian Fitz_ANT green insects religion scarab Third Intermediate Period

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