"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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Decoding the necklace of an Ancient Egyptian princess
"You have to imagine that nobody really saw this except the princess."
Adela Oppenheim
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Adela Oppenheim
Curator, Department of Egyptian Art
Curator, Department of Egyptian Art
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ca. 1887–1878 B.C.