ancientpeoples:String of beads with feline head amulets18th Dynasty, New Kingdomc.1550-1425 BCThe us
ancientpeoples:String of beads with feline head amulets18th Dynasty, New Kingdomc.1550-1425 BCThe use of feline’s-head ornaments in jewelry is well known from the Twelfth Dynasty (ca. 1981-1802 B.C.) and continues in the early Eighteenth Dynasty. It is difficult to identify the type of cat that the Egyptians had in mind, although most seem to be leopards, an animal that, in the Middle Kingdom, has apotropaic properties.(Source: The Metropolitan Museum) -- source link