Egyptian Alabaster Dish - 5.5" - Made in Egypt Earrings Gold Plated Sterling Silver

Gold Plated Sterling Silver

and it was this material that was extensively used by the Egyptians in sarcophagi

These were used as containers in which to hold the internal organs of the deceased that was going to be mummified

The size of the scarab is 13mmx17mm

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Egyptian Alabaster Dish - 5.5" - Made in Egypt Earrings Gold Plated Sterling SilverAncient pharaohs prized fine objects rendered in alabaster, deeming them indispensable on earth and in the afterlife. Oriental Alabaster, which is a much harder stone, similar to marble, and which today is only used for machine made products. Egyptologists refer to "Oriental alabaster" (marble) as alabaster, and it was this material that was extensively used by the Egyptians in sarcophagi, in the linings of tombs, in the walls and ceilings of temples,