Lion's head pendant: An ancient Egyptian board game piece that was later repurposed into a magical religious object with baboons

Lion's head pendant: An ancient Egyptian board game piece that was later repurposed into a magical religious object with baboons

An ancient Egyptian board game piece was repurposed centuries later in Sudan into a dazzling gold-and-amethyst pendant.

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