The crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha) from King Tutankhamen's tomb, Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, Cairo

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The crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha) are symbols used in Ancient Egyptian society. They were originally the attributes of the deity Osiris that became insignia of pharaonic authority. The shepherd's crook stood for kingship and the flail for the fertility of the land

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Size: 3360px × 2037px
Location: Egyptian Museum, Meret Basha, Ismailia, Qasr an Nile, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Photo credit: © John Keates / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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