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[Gold amulets of Ra: a step towards immortality]
1Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire, Egypte.
Vesalius : Acta Internationales Historiae Medicinae
|October 20, 2001
Abstract:
In Ancient Egypt, the priest-embalmer laid the gold on the whole of the king's body. For simple citizens, he more modestly applied fine leaves or amulets of golden wax for certain parts. Possessing the same magical powers as gold, they participated in the complete preservation.