String of Carnelian Beads
Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
Thousands of beads of carnelian, amethyst, quartz, gold faience, and shell discovered in the surface sand, or radim, of the North Pyramid at Lisht have been assembled into necklaces. This example is of spherical carnelian beads.
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