Ancient Egyptian artefact, 19th century artwork. This artefact, found in Egypt in the 1890s, is a fragment of an Ancient Egyptian object called a psch

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Ancient Egyptian artefact, 19th century artwork. This artefact, found in Egypt in the 1890s, is a fragment of an Ancient Egyptian object called a pschent. This is the name given to the double crown of Egypt, worn by its pharaohs. Two hieroglyphs are on this fragment, with the bottom one symbolising the 'f' sound. Artwork from the 18th volume (second period of 1896) of the French popular science weekly 'La Science Illustree'.

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