File:Ring scarab - Pharaoh exhibit - Cleveland Museum of Art (27398783554).jpg

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Flat-faced scarab, created in Egypt about 1648 to 1540 BC. Found in Egypt, but the location is not clear. Finger ring, composed of a blue glazed steatite scarab (type D2) mounted in a gold mount. The scarab bears the cartouche of the hyksos ruler Khyan:

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- "Son of Ra, Khyan, living forever!" This scarab, which was originally fitted onto a finger ring, contains the cartouche of the Pharaoh Khyan. Khyan was a foreigner who ruled Egypt from about 1610 to 1580 BC.
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Author Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA

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