It was a good luck charm that protected them in the afterlife.
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The shaduf is known as the first device used for lifting water in several ancient civilizations.
The Egyptians believed that when they died the God Anubis would weight their heart against the feather of truth to determine if they were worthy to go into the afterlife. If the heart was balanced they would go into the afterlife, if not the heart would be feed to Ammut, the devourer of the dead. The deseased would go no further.
Mummies are so important to ancient Egypt because they preserved the dead and they believed that the steps above a tomb would boost the sole into heaven. They took out all of the organs and pulled the brain out of the nose and put it in a Canopic Jar which was eventualy put into the tomb or pyramid with the preserved mummy .
The amulet was called a scarab, similar in shape to the beetles of the same name. also Cleopatra could have had a cat named cleocatra that was mummified and put in a booby trapped tomb with one of the most powerful amulets in Egypt the cats eye jewel.