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An Egyptian Diorite Heart Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Architectural and rounded bottom with knobbed

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Description

and rounded bottom with knobbed base

angled rim that detaches

Its use in sacred contexts reflects the Egyptians' reverence for purity and permanence in their religious artifacts

a literary text dating to the Middle Kingdom whereby King Sneferu is feeling bored and depressed and his chief priest suggests he take a boat ride with the most beautiful women in his harem

Most popular in the Late Period

An Egyptian Diorite Heart Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Architectural and rounded bottom with knobbedTo the Egyptians the heart was the most essential of organs, not because it pumped blood around the body it is unclear that they understood this function but because they believed it was the seat of intelligence, the originator of all feelings and actions, and the storehouse of memory. From the New Kingdom, the heart became one of the most important of all amulets and was set on every mummy until the end of the Pharaonic period, often in numbers and

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