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This Egyptian necklace, also known as mummy beads, is made up of different coloured faience beads. Faience is a type of ceramic with a tin-based glaze, giving a characteristic blue or green or turquoise end product.
The mummified bodies of the Egyptian dead were adorned with jewellry and furnished with other belongings and food. The Egyptians believed that a person's spirit would need food and possessions in the afterlife.
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