Egyptian museums have a distinctive array of artefacts, according to CAIRO – 30 October 2022.
Two gold bracelets with coloured stone inlays bearing the scarab, the eye of Horus, and the winged cobra are among the possessions of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir.
The aforementioned were used as a symbol of protection and were found in the tomb of Queen Karomama II in Leontopolis [Kafr Al-Meqdam], Mit Ghamr Center, Dakahlia Governorate.
King Takelot II’s wife and King Osorkon III’s mother is Queen Karomama II. She lived between 945-712 BC, in the Second Dynasty. The daughter of High Priest Amun Nemlot and his wife Tentsepeh was Queen Karomama II. Her paternal grandparents were Djedmutesankh and King Osorkon II.
Queen Karomama II is known from the Chronicle of Osorkon B at Karnak and the Nile Quay Texts dating to the reign of her son Osorkon III.
A necklace made of gold and lapis lazuli depicting the god Khnum between Hathor and Maat that was discovered in the queen’s tomb in Leontopolis is one of the priceless artefacts from Queen Karomama II that can be found in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir.
Queen Karomama II’s breathtaking bracelets are kept in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir.
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