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.
Dulcimer strings are typically nickel, bronze or steel wound and available in sets of four strings. Unlike hammered dulcimer strings, which is played with a small mallet, Appalachian dulcimer strings are played by plucking or strumming. At JustStrings.com, we carry dulcimer strings by trusted string manufacturers, including C.F. Martin, DAddario, GHS, John Pearse, SIT and Curt Mangan.