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Title: From the late Middle Kingdom it was custom to place a large scarab within the mummy wrappings over the heart of the dead person. On the underside their was usually a spell from the Book of the Dead (Spell 30B) calling on the heart not to speak anything bad about the owner. [Go to resource]
Description: Green, engraved stone heart scarab. 4.7cm long. Format: text/html License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Rights holder: University of Swansea, Egypt Centre Subjects: [none] Source: Egypt Centre Identifier: http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... Language: en-GB Format: text/html Go to resource More Like this...
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