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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 8337654, member: 84905&quot;]That is a very nice piece. </p><p>I have also never been a Scarab collector but still have a few. I travelled through Egypt last month. It was my fourth trip to Egypt and every time it rekindles my interest in Egyptian history and culture and I can&#039;t help getting a Scarab or two.</p><p><br /></p><p>This time we went to Luxor, spend a few nights at the Winter Palace Hotel, then set off to Esna, to take a Dahabyia (sailing boat) to Assuan. We spend 5 days on the boat, visiting the great temples at Esna, Edfu, Kom Ombo and some smaller temples at pharaonic quarries etc. It was absolutely amazing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then we spend a few nights at the Old Cataract Hotel in Assuan (readers of Agatha Christie&#039;s Death on the Nile will be familiar with the name). From there we travel further down to Abu Simbel, Philae, visited Elephantine island and Middle Kingdom tombs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here is a Scarab I bought in an auction in Germany, while travelling on the Dahabyia on the Nile. It is rather large at 26mm and made of amethyst.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478293[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1478294[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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