A good Egyptian Greenstone Heart Scarab, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Sculpture - Architectural and a strigil

and a strigil

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The Jukurrpa story tells of the journey of a group of women of all ages who traveled to the east gathering food

These elaborate details were the central focus

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A good Egyptian Greenstone Heart Scarab, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Sculpture - Architectural and a strigilThe scarabs association with the daily rebirth of the young sun god, Khepri, gave the beetle a prominent role in funerary contexts. In this example, the body conforms to the usual scarabaeus sacer; the eyes and head are carved on the five notched shield (clypeus). The first segment of the upper body (prothorax) and wings (elytrae) are separated by incised lines, while the legs (tibiae) to the side, are tucked underneath the body. As is to be expected,