After the rescue, Prince Bayan rewards Reed with the Scepter of Bast, an ancient artifact once belonging to Khafre.
Two monks Aleksander Wyhowski, prior of Czerwińsk and Mikołaj Wyżycki, prior of the Holy Cross made a hole in the castle's wall and got to the vault from which they stole the crown, scepter, sword and orb.
The European Center for Leadership Development (ECLD) is an international network of scholars and practitioners who offer executive education programs to public and private sector and educational professionals based on the leadership model set forth by Alexandre Havard in his book Virtuous Leadership—An Agenda for Personal Excellence (New York: Scepter Publishers, 2007).
Apparently, this led to the song (and arrangement) being included by B.J. Thomas on his 1970 Scepter album, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head.
Ancient designs include fretwork, a symbol for Quetzalcoatl, the scepter of Quetzalcoatl, related to Ursa Major, an “S” form called an ilhuitl and a cross with branches of equal length which represents the cardinal directions.
A sceptre (or scepter in U.S. English) is a symbolic ornamental staff or wand held in the hand by a ruling monarch as an item of royal or imperial insignia.
Sceptrum Brandenburgicum (or Sceptrum Brandenburgium – Latin for scepter of Brandenburg) was a constellation created in 1688 by Gottfried Kirch, astronomer of the Prussian Royal Society of Sciences.
Sceptrum et Manus Iustitiae (Latin for scepter and hand of justice) was a constellation created by Augustin Royer in 1679 to honor king Louis XIV of France.
When Steve broke away from his captors, Sofia chased him into an underground cavern where they discovered the bones of Artemis, the first Wonder Woman, as well as a scepter belonging to the goddess Athena.
The Adventures of Young Van Helsing: The Quest for the Lost Scepter is a 2004 direct-to-video film starring Keith Jordan, Joe Zaso, Tomm Bauer and Keith Vorwald.
The Emerald Scepter is a fantasy novel by Thomas M. Reid, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.