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Egypt's Forgotten Treasures

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Royal Splendor
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett

King Tut took more than 200 magnificently crafted pieces of jewelry to his grave. Many—including these two bracelets of gold and semiprecious stones—display the sacred scarab, a symbol of the rising sun and of the king's resurrection in the afterlife.

Camera: Nikon F5
Film Type: Fujichrome 64
Lens: Nikon 105 Macro
Speed and F-Stop: 1 second @ f/11

Weather Conditions: Indoors
Time of Day: Unrecorded