”You have to imagine that nobody really saw this except the princess.”
Curator Adela Oppenheim on the Middle Kingdom-era pectoral and necklace of Sithathoryunet with the name of Senwosret II.
Magical
Adela Oppenheim
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Contributors
Adela Oppenheim
Curator, Department of Egyptian Art
Curator, Department of Egyptian Art
Photography by Anna-Marie Kellen
Art Mentioned
ca. 1887–1878 B.C.
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