Ancient egypt jewelry museum

Faience beads Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten ca. 1353-1336 B.C. This necklace of faience beads, called a broad collar, is a durable version of the elaborate perishable floral collars worn by banquet guests. Such necklaces are seen in banquet scenes and are painted on statues from the Old Kingdom onward. The beads in this example imitate a row of cornflowers (center), three rows of dates (middle), and a row of lotus petals (outer). These rows are joined by strands of small ring beads. The…

Diadem of Princess Sithathoriunet, daughter of Senusret II, detail, from the Tomb of Sithathoriunet (gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian and glass paste), funerary complex of Senusret II at...

Tutankhamun's Flexible collar of Nekhebet (vulture) with superb workmanship, made up of 256 gold plaques inlaid with polychrome glass and threaded together with borders of tiny beads.

LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.

The ancient Egyptians worshiped the beetle as the earthly manifestation of the Sun at its birth and called it Khepri. It symbolized “coming into existence”. It is also associated with a long life and in this sense; it is linked to the deceased, to his capacity for regeneration. What is the meaning of the scarab …

Gold, carnelian, and glass Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose lll ca. 1479-1425 B.C. From the tomb of the three minor wives of Thutmose lll in the Wady Gabbanat el-Qurud, Thebes This funerary equipment belonged to three foreign (Semitic) wives of Thutmose lll, Maruta, Manhata, and Manuwai. Maruta may, in fact, be the hieroglyphic version of the familiar Hebrew name Marta. The jewelry was discovered, together with vessels and other objects, in a rock-cut cave situated high up in the desert…

Egyptian jewelry history dates back to thousands of years when Pharaohs created some of the oldest silver and gold jewelry for women to wear. This page contains information about history of Ancient Egyptian jewelry and customers can buy Egyptian jewelry online from our web gift shop.

Two bracelets of Psusennes I These two bracelets are each decorated with a winged scarab as their major feature. The scarab holds the sun-disc in its front legs, and the shen-sign of infinity with...

Bracelet of Ahhotep, mother of Pharaoh Amosis