Decoding the necklace of an Ancient Egyptian princess | Art, Explained

"You have to imagine that nobody really saw this except the princess."
Curator Adela Oppenheim on "Pectoral and Necklace of Sithathoryunet with the Name of Senwosret II."
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Stunning

[@NeyooxetuseiDreamer]

that was refreshing

[@davidcaldecoat7414]

An amazing piece beautiful would love to see this one day

[@KremenaVenkova]

amazing....thank you very much...:)

[@francisconikotian2326]

I saw the detail in the museum and I couldn’t believe it, it looks machine made

[@yvettemarshallTWN]

This is magnificent! Regarding the princess’s necklace, the oval in the middle containing the sun disk atop the scarab 🪲 with line across the oval bottom is called a CARTOUCHE. Only pharaoh and his family could wear it. Anyone else caught fraudulently wearing or possessing it would be put to death! 🗡 The cartouche assured the soul’s protection from evil in life and death. So, maybe the reason all of the archeologists who defiled Tutankhamun “Tut” died in quick succession! For all we know their descendants are also suffering. The energy is REAL. 🪬