Before the translation of the hieroglyphs were revealed, Napoleon's soldiers were in Egypt in 1798, they named this oval shape 'cartouche' because it reminded them of the shape of their gun cartridges, or bullets. At the time, people could not read hieroglyphic writing, Then After the Rosetta stone was translated and the meaning of hieroglyphic alphabet was revealed. they discovered that the oval shape of a nameplate which encloses the name of the pharaoh king or queen, representing his rule over the land, protecting him from evil and providing the wearer with strength, power, wisdom, good-luck and prosperity and that oval shape was called "Shenu" in ancient Egypt. Now you can treat yourself, or someone special, like a pharaoh with a personalized cartouche directly from Egypt with your name translated into Egyptian hieroglyphics.