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Word of the Day... Cartouche

Aunt Marg

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Cartouche: a carved tablet or drawing representing a scroll with rolled-up ends, used ornamentally or bearing an inscription.

an oval or oblong enclosing a group of Egyptian hieroglyphs, typically representing the name and title of a monarch.
 

Here is a wonderful example of a cartouche carved from stone.

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In Egypt, if they wanted to desecrate the legacy of a Pharaoh, the cartouche would be chiseled out beyond recognition. We saw several of these while in Egypt. The cartouche was their imbedded name.

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