Large gold necklace from the Treasure of Douch. It weighs 363 grams and is comprised of 77 individual golden pendants bearing the image of the Greek-Egyptian god Serapis. 2nd century AD. Egyptian Museum, Cairo [1520×854]
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Large gold necklace from the Treasure of Douch. It weighs 363 grams and is comprised of 77 individual golden pendants bearing the image of the Greek-Egyptian god Serapis. 2nd century AD. Egyptian Museum, Cairo [1520×854]
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The Treasure of Douch was found in 1989 by French Egyptologists inside a pottery vessel hidden in the Roman fort walls near the Temple of Osiris now dedicated to Serapis, Isis and Harpocrates at Dush, Egypt in the Kharga Oasis. Even though the treasure was found in an area outside the actual temple, it is probable that it once belonged to the temple and was hidden, perhaps following the spread of Christianity and the decline of pagan cults in the fourth and fifth centuries.