Tutankhamun Jewelry

Egyptians wore ornamental jewelry parts as accessories and as magical talismans.

Such jewels were generally made of gold, silver, and electrum, a natural metal of gold and silver, and mounted with multicolored precious stones and glass. The jewelry held symbols and amulets that would supply the wearer, revived or dead, with security, prosperity, survival, and extended life.

Within the swathes of the mummy of King Tutankhamun, 143 pieces of jewelry were seen. They dwell of necklaces, pendants,amulets, chains, collars earrings and ear ornaments, bangles and anklets, and finger rings, sheaths for fingers and toenails, and pectorals, a huge piece of jewelry endured on the chest.


The benefits of this jewels is not only in the color of the metal or beads, but as well in the originality of the design and fabrication techniques.

The cloisonne technique was applied in pectorals and pendants. The cloisonne technique made outlines of forms and symbols with gold wires that were then soldered to sheets of stuck gold and later raised with colored stones or glass.

Filigree, a accomplished, lacelike cosmetic work of gold or silver wire, was generally used in buckles and clasps of gold. Granulation was the proficiency of creating different designs by bonding very small gold balls to the rise of gold sheets. The rocks used in the inlays were thought to have magical dimensions based on their color.

Turquoise was well-mined in Sinai and its blue color symbolized richness, good luck, and shelter against the evil eye.

Lapis lazuli might have been got to Egypt across the trade with Western Asiatic regions. Its dark blue color symbolized fertility and good luck.

Tutankhamun Tomb

Carnelian got from the Egyptian deserts. It changes from dark brown to light brown in colour and symbolise the warm blood of life. Another sort of carnelian is chalcedony. It is transparent and has a light green colour.

Amethyst was mined in the eastward desert near Aswan and in the westward desert near Abu Simbel. The shades of honey symbolized happiness and joy.

Feldspar was well-mined in the eastern desert. Its bright blue color symbolized great luck and fertility.

The scarab Khepri was thought the avatar of the morning sun. A relationship was made between the beetle, which winds its ball of eggs all day, and the development of the sun disk crosswise the sky.

The scarab beetle got a sign of good predict and a symbol of fertility and rejuvenation. Scarabs were generally made from blue rock or faience.

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