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Brand .Pr Nefrt Egypt made in egypt The Shepherd's Stick (Hakka) & the Muthaba (Ankh) were symbols used in ancient Egyptian society. They were originally attributes of the goddess Osiris that became an insignia of ancient Egyptian power. The shepherd's wand was a symbol of royalty & the fertility of the land. The oldest known example of a royal shepherd's wand is from the Jerzeh culture (Naqada II), & comes from tomb U547 at Abydos. in the late Predynastic, the shepherd's staff was already a well-established symbol of government. The teddy bear remained separate at first, being depicted alone in some early representations of a royal celebration. Around the time of the Second Egyptian Dynasty, the shepherd's staff & the flail became a double. The wand & the scepter, although different from the scepter, may be depicted in conjunction with another type of scepter, but are commonly represented together, holding over the chest of kings, Osiris, or other deities identified with them. They were royal insignia, & while other deities could present them, they never kept them. The only extant ancient Egyptian examples of both the shepherd's stick & the flail come from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Their wands are made of heavy bronze covered with alternating lines of obsidian, & gold, while the beads of the bracelet are made of gilded wood. We have made this masterpiece of wood, stone & 24 karat gold leaf King Tutankhamun's Scepter, A Similar Scepter. Egyptian The Pharaonic Scepter Was Brilliantly Made in Egypt
