The amulet of the scarab has been found in Egypt in untold thousands, and the varieties are exceedingly numerous. They are made of green basalt, green granite, limestone, green marble, blue paste, blue glass, purple, blue and green glazed porcelain, etc.; and the words of power are usually cut in outline on the base.
Dulcimer, stringed musical instrument, a version of the psaltery in which the strings are beaten with small hammers rather than plucked.
With origins dating back to the 1700s in the Appalachian Mountains, the dulcimer is frequently referred to as an Appalachian dulcimer or Mountain dulcimer. Frequently heard in American folk music, the dulcimer can also be heard on Joni Mitchel albums and early recordings by The Rolling Stones.