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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2833205, member: 56859&quot;]Much larger than typical scarabs, they were placed over the heart or throat of the mummy and sometimes had a passage from the Book of the Dead carved in the underside.&nbsp; That passage contains instructions to help the deceased person&#039;s heart pass the weighing test (see <a href="http://www.ancient.eu/article/42/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancient.eu/article/42/" rel="nofollow">Ma&#039;at and the weighing of the heart</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting article about heart scarabs plus a spectacular example:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologicalmuseum.jhu.edu/the-collection/object-stories/ancient-egyptian-amulets/heart-scarab/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologicalmuseum.jhu.edu/the-collection/object-stories/ancient-egyptian-amulets/heart-scarab/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologicalmuseum.jhu.edu/the-collection/object-stories/ancient-egyptian-amulets/heart-scarab/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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