Kyphi Necklace, 1st Century AD

Display box containing a portion of a necklace of Kypi Balls found round the neck of a 1st Century B.C. Egyptian Mummy in the cemetery of Hawara, Fayum, Egypt.

Excavated by Flinders Petrie, whilst working for the Egypt Exploration Fund. The necklace is probably from the cemetery of Hawara excavated 1888-1889.

Kyphi (or Cyphi) is a compound incense that was used in ancient Egypt for religious and medical purposes. The Egyptian pharmacopoeia listed kyphi as a medicine.