The Magical Powers of Egyptian Faience.

 The ancient Egyptian faience collar in The Met collection pictured above was part of the Museum's holdings long before anyone knew it. In 1920, workers on an expedition led by the Museum came across a small tomb in Thebes belonging to a man of seemingly humble means. As the director of the expedition, Herbert E. Winlock, later wrote: "The meal of beer and bread and meat beside the coffin was so simple, and so were the few objects in the coffin, that there seemed little likelihood of there being anything of value inside."