Both surface bars and barbells with bars made from flexible material, such as tygon or teflon, are commonly used as both initial and long term jewelry in nape piercings. From Wikipedia
The Amarna Period of ancient Egypt was the era of the reign of Akhenaten (1353-1336 BCE), known as 'the heretic king'... Amarna Amarna is the modern Arabic name for the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten, capital of the country under...
The people who lived in ancient Egypt had tame (domesticated) animals as well. Some of these animals were useful for farming or transporting things, like donkeys, camels, dogs, pigs, cattle, and sheep and goats. Most of these domesticated animals came to Egypt from other places: donkeys and sheep probably from West Asia, cattle and pigs and horses probably from Central Asia.