Ancient Egyptian amulet (gold with lapis lazuli, turquoise, and steatite inlays) depicting the ba (o
Ancient Egyptian amulet (gold with lapis lazuli, turquoise, and steatite inlays) depicting the ba (one of the parts of the soul in Egyptian thought, typically imagined as a bird with a human head). Artist unknown; Ptolemaic period (332-30 BCE). Now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Photo credit: LACMA. -- source link
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