Scarab

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Twenty-three scarabs and seal-amulets and numerous loose beads were found scattered between the knees and right hand of the mummy of a young woman buried in Hatnefer's tomb. All of these amulets had been strung on linen cord. Some may have been worn as rings, others may have been strung together with the beads to form one or more bracelets. This scarab is inscribed on the back with an heraldic design that may be a stylized representation of two red crowns (the crown of Lower Egypt). Other scarabs and seal-amulets from this group include 36.3.28, 36.3..31–.37, 36.3.39–.41, 36.3.43–.48.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art