Wadj Amulet

“A stylised papyrus stem — a promise of everlasting vigour.”

• Rarity: Epic
• Metal: Gold
• Kind: Jewellery and dress fittings
• Set: Offerings of Saqqara

Where to find the Wadj Amulet

The Wadj Amulet is one of the epic artefacts buried in FieldHunters, a free online metal detecting game. Hunters sweep a shared field with a metal detector, follow the signal and dig — and epic pieces like this one are among the rarest things that come out of the ground. There is no way to buy it: it has to be dug up.

The Offerings of Saqqara set

Laid at the foot of the step pyramid to accompany the dead.

The pieces of this set:

• Blue Faience Bead · Uncommon
• Canopic Jar Shard · Common
• Heart Scarab · Rare
• Offering Bowl Rim · Common
• Osiris Statuette · Legendary
• Priest's Seal · Uncommon
• Ritual Nail · Common
• Wadj Amulet · Epic

About jewellery and dress fittings

Brooches, fibulae, pendants, torcs and amulets were both fashion and function: they fastened clothes, showed status and, often, were believed to protect the wearer. The torc, a rigid twisted neck ring, was a mark of high rank among Iron Age peoples. Fibulae — ancient safety-pin brooches — changed style so often that archaeologists use them to date the sites they are found on.

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