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[https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/egyptian-amulets by Isabel Stünkel 1/2/19 THE MET] | [https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/egyptian-amulets by Isabel Stünkel 1/2/19 THE MET] | ||
People everywhere want to avoid disease and other misfortune, and to that end, many use amulets to ensure well-being. Today, an individual might wear a bracelet made of beads with a concentric circle design to combat the evil eye, or keep a lucky penny in his or her pocket. | People everywhere want to avoid disease and other misfortune, and to that end, many use amulets to ensure well-being. Today, an individual might wear a bracelet made of beads with a concentric circle design to combat the evil eye, or keep a lucky penny in his or her pocket. | ||
=====List of Rulers of Ancient Egypt and Nubia===== | |||
[https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/phar/hd_phar.htm by Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History] | |||
Our knowledge of the succession of Egyptian kings is based on kinglists kept by the ancient Egyptians themselves. The most famous are the Palermo Stone, which covers the period from the earliest dynasties to the middle of Dynasty 5; the Abydos Kinglist, which Seti I had carved on his temple at Abydos; and the Turin Canon, a papyrus that covers the period from the earliest dynasties to the reign of Ramesses II. | |||
