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We continue in 2023 the series precios accessories to wear of Ancient Egypt. In the first two months of the year, the children made two other representative objects from the collection of Egyptian symbols in the ZMEA workshops. The first object chosen - the " cartouche". We are not talking about dangerous ammunition, known by this name, but amulets made in ancient Egypt, under the name shenou - a hieroglyphic symbol, elongated in shape and closed with a knot. It contains the name of the pharaoh and symbolized everything that surrounds the sun, that is, the universe imagined by the Egyptians, and was intended to protect the name of the pharaoh. The cartouches were most often painted yellow or gold and inscribed with two of the five names of the pharaoh. Those that had the role of amulets were often placed in graves. In this case, the oval surrounding the pharaoh's name was meant to protect him from evil spirits even after death.

Another symbol of Egypt, one of the most well-known, the Scarab, is an extremely popular amulet, and children naturally nominated it as their favorite, especially after learning its story. The ancient Egyptians noted this beetle's ability to turn a piece of dung into a perfect sphere by rolling it repeatedly. Rolling from east to west, the sphere reminded of the movement of the sun and the ball of dung, of the sun, a star revered by the Egyptians, which they considered the source of life. The observation that young scarabs are "born" from these balls of dung led the inhabitants of the Nile to associate the scarab with the god Khepri - representing the rising sun as it emerges from the underworld. Considered a symbol of immortality and rebirth, the scarab was also used as an amulet in the mortuary chambers of the pharaohs. Over time it became a symbol often found on jewelry. The little participants in the workshop made their own scarab, to add to their personal collection of ZMEA Egyptian "artifacts".

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