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King Tut exhibit at the Pacific Science Center

Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Tutankhamun (1355-1346 BCE)

Cobra Collar with Counterweight

One of several engraved sheet gold collars found on the thorax of the mummy

The form is a Wadjet, a lower Egyptian goddess in the form of a winged cobra

It served to protection against evil, danger, or disease during life and after death

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