Amulets. Amulets are the most popular and most excavated pieces from ancient Egypt. Amulets were made of almost every material available to the Ancient Egyptian. The finest were carved of stone: lapis lazuli, soapstone, carnelian, turquoise, feldspar, serpentine and steatite. Metals were used, in addition, gold being the most valuable, but copper, bronze and iron also were prized. Wood and bone were sometimes used. Of all materials, however, the greatest number of amulets was made out of faience. Most amulets were in form of sacred symbols and Egyptian Gods or Deities.
Definition of dumbwaiter for English Language Learners. : a small elevator for carrying food or goods from one floor of a building to another.
The documentary, Fast Company, captures the quirky but oddly compelling world of speed drumming. At the heart of the documentary is Boo McAfee, speed drumming champion and inventor of the Drumometer (the machine that counts the number of strokes per minute). The series also includes vignettes with other unlikely characters â from young, fast-rising speed drummers to the guy with the fastest drumming feet.