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.
The Appalachian dulcimer (many variant names; see below) is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings.Its origins are in the Appalachian region of the United States. The Dulci-Jo is a banjo/dulcimer hybrid with a thumb string like a clawhammer banjo, 3 strings and a diatonic fret pattern, shaped more like a banjo and played upright, and built by Michael Fox of NC. 2  Resonator dulcimer: a standard dulcimer, with a resonator added to the body, in imitation of the resonator guitar.