Decoding the necklace of an Ancient Egyptian princess

"You have to imagine that nobody really saw this except the princess."

Curator Adela Oppenheim on "Pectoral and Necklace of Sithathoryunet with the Name of Senwosret II."

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Photography by Anna-Marie Kellen

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