Gold fish amulet, nekhau, worn by young women attached to the hair to protect against drowning

Gold fish amulet, nekhau, worn by young women attached to the hair to protect against drowning, In a Middle Kingdom tale one is lost as the king watches the girls of the palace row on the garden pool. The chief priest rolls back the waters to recover it from the lake bed. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. Middle Kingdom 12th Dynasty c 1880 BC. From a childs tomb at el Haraga. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
Gold fish amulet, nekhau, worn by young women attached to the hair to protect against drowning, In a Middle Kingdom tale one is lost as the king watches the girls of the palace row on the garden pool. The chief priest rolls back the waters to recover it from the lake bed. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. Middle Kingdom 12th Dynasty c 1880 BC. From a childs tomb at el Haraga. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
Gold fish amulet, nekhau, worn by young women attached to the hair to protect against drowning
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Credit:
Werner Forman / Contributor
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152201121
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Universal Images Group
Date created:
01 January, 1980
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