Necklace with scarabs

Glencairn Museum
Bryn Athyn, United States

“Twelve scarabs of various dates are strung on this necklace. One of the scarabs has the cartouche of Tuthmosis III, one of Egypt’s great warrior pharaohs of the New Kingdom.” (Jennifer Wegner, label text, “Sacred Adornment: Jewelry as Belief in Ancient Egypt”)

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Title: Necklace with scarabs
Location Created: Egypt
External Link: https://glencairnmuseum.org/newsletter/2020/3/6/sacred-adornment-jewelry-as-belief-in-ancient-egypt
Medium: Faience, glass, steatite
Collection: Egyptian
Accession Number: 15.JW.275

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