The Ancient Egyptians loved the color blue, to which they ascribed magical protective powers. The artisans of the new kingdom created faience amulets in a variety of rich blue shades that imitated rare and costly lapis or turquoise. The most powerful of all Egyptian charms was the far-seeing eye of the falcon God Horus, thought to avert any ill fortune or evil. This splendid example glows with the deep blue of a moonlit sky. Set amid a gold belt of dazzling beauty, it continues to radiate a benevolent spell as old and mysterious as Egypt itself. - (FJ.3198)