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<p>[QUOTE="paschka, post: 7935808, member: 74955"]«@paschka's piece looks like a modern repro typical of what is sold in today's Egyptian bazaars.</p><p><br /></p><p>OP's piece reminds me of the scarabs that were sold at the museum when I went to see Tutankhamon's death mask and other parts of that collection that were part of a travelling North American exhibit when I was a kid...»</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dreamstime.com/exhibition-sacred-scarabs-turin-piemonte-italy-march-egyptian-museum-image144021890" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dreamstime.com/exhibition-sacred-scarabs-turin-piemonte-italy-march-egyptian-museum-image144021890" rel="nofollow">https://www.dreamstime.com/exhibition-sacred-scarabs-turin-piemonte-italy-march-egyptian-museum-image144021890</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Are these from the Turin museum also souvenirs? You are wrong. My scarab, authentic and ancient, was presented in 1942 to a junior officer from Romel's army in Libya, then he became a professor and died at the age of 95 and I bought from things that remained after his death. Such large copper scarabs were not seals, but they were thrown into the grave, as an object that accompanied the deceased to the kingdom of the dead. They brought good luck and were found in desert tombs in very good condition. And a similar bronze garbage can be found in the collection of the University Museum in Bonn.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://sadighgallery.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/ancient-egyptian-scarabs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sadighgallery.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/ancient-egyptian-scarabs/" rel="nofollow">https://sadighgallery.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/ancient-egyptian-scarabs/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://medusa-art.com/egyptian-blue-and-gold-scarab.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://medusa-art.com/egyptian-blue-and-gold-scarab.html" rel="nofollow">https://medusa-art.com/egyptian-blue-and-gold-scarab.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="paschka, post: 7935808, member: 74955"]«@paschka's piece looks like a modern repro typical of what is sold in today's Egyptian bazaars. OP's piece reminds me of the scarabs that were sold at the museum when I went to see Tutankhamon's death mask and other parts of that collection that were part of a travelling North American exhibit when I was a kid...» [URL]https://www.dreamstime.com/exhibition-sacred-scarabs-turin-piemonte-italy-march-egyptian-museum-image144021890[/URL] Are these from the Turin museum also souvenirs? You are wrong. My scarab, authentic and ancient, was presented in 1942 to a junior officer from Romel's army in Libya, then he became a professor and died at the age of 95 and I bought from things that remained after his death. Such large copper scarabs were not seals, but they were thrown into the grave, as an object that accompanied the deceased to the kingdom of the dead. They brought good luck and were found in desert tombs in very good condition. And a similar bronze garbage can be found in the collection of the University Museum in Bonn. [URL]https://sadighgallery.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/ancient-egyptian-scarabs/[/URL] [URL]https://medusa-art.com/egyptian-blue-and-gold-scarab.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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