
From the Vault: Funeral for a Bug
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Ancient Egypt - The Golden Fly Ornament
Insect mythology shows that in ancient egypt, the fly was also a symbol of valor. Queen ahotep gave her sons golden fly s to honour their fights against an adversary. Fly necklaces were away to essentially put flies back on the body and return this leaked caw to the deceased. The ka or ba is sometimes represented as a bird with a human head, but you also see versions of it that consist of a fly with a human heads.
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