The were usually made of gold, they were meant to protect the fingers and toes.
GOLD
practical metal means that it is precisous metal but practical metal is still useful.
gold
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the unforgeterble orgasim
The Egyptians covered their fingernails and toenails with gold.
Mummy fingernails and toenails were often covered with a reddish-orange cosmetic substance called henna. This practice was common in ancient Egypt and served both cosmetic and symbolic purposes in the mummification process.
i don't know the name but its stuff that the rattles snakes' tails are made out from.
Metal is denser, and not as easily penetrated by x-rays as fingernails are.
Gold.
The finger and toe nails were painted with gold.