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How Did Egypt Wear Amulets
Egyptians used to carry or wear amulets, because it was their belief that it brought them good luck or protected them. An amulet is a little carved figurine, made from gold, silver, glass etc and poor people made theirs out . They were shaped to represent the gods, they also believed that if they rubbed special ingredients on them they would have extra magical power and protection.
Before the age of pharaohs the amulets were in the shape of animals. THen between 2649 BC to 2150 BC the amulets took the form of animals or symbols such as hieroglyphs. THe gods started appearing on them later after 2030 BC.
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