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Ancient Egypt: Death and the Afterlife
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Carved wooden hand with all fingers and the thumb out straight. There is what looks like a ring carved onto one of the fingers Add to board
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Life Sized Egyptian Carved Wooden Hand

Model limbs were used to replace any damaged or missing parts of the body during the embalming process, so that the body would be complete in the afterlife

 

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