Two things make this brooch special. The first is that the brooch comes from Tutankamen’s tomb. What is the second?
- Part of the beetle is made from comet-created silica glass
- The iris in the eye is a special onyx imported from Spain
- The papyrus fronds show what the plant’s leaves used to look like, 3,300 years ago
- The brooch is a near-perfect replica of one found in a Second Dynasty tomb, about 1,300 years before Tutankamen was born
