“Since the early Middle Ages people have distinguished between ‘white’ and ‘black’ magic. The use of amulets belonged to the category of ‘white’ magic, which was meant to cast a ...

"Scarabs were used in [the Middle Bronze Age] as seals and as amulets," said Daphna Ben-Tor ... area during the Middle Bronze and Late Bronze Ages. Tel Azekah is located high above sea level ...

An exhibit of agimat and anting-anting—amulets and talismans used by the inhabitants of these islands way before the arrival of the Spaniards—is currently on display at Yuchengco Museum in Makati City ...