| Ancient Egyptians are very well known all over the | | | | high representatives of the ancient Egypt took to the |
| world for their remarkable jewelry, especially the ones | | | | tomb a large series of jewelry pieces like crowns, |
| discovered from the period of the Middle kingdom's | | | | wreaths, rings, ear-rings and imposing necklaces, which |
| reign. Egyptians started manufacturing jewelry during | | | | were all placed on their mummified bodies. As a |
| the Badari and Naqada eras from natural materials, | | | | particularity, the vest that ancient Egyptians used to |
| such as stones, wood, and then becoming more | | | | wore around their chest, has not been seen anywhere |
| sophisticated, made of pealed bones or braches, and | | | | else in other ancient civilizations. It was made of pure |
| starting to paint them with various substances. Their | | | | gold, and sometimes surrounded with other precious |
| purpose was primarily religious and symbolic, often | | | | stones. Ancient Egyptians used to make the vest |
| being a bit extravagant and were being worn by | | | | even before the gold era, making it from other |
| women and men alike. The most common symbol that | | | | materials that they used to color in golden shades to |
| was found from the ancients is the "Ankh" which was | | | | make it look like gold. |
| meant to represent eternal life. Some of the other | | | | Around Christianity period, and the time that followed, |
| symbols include the lotus flower, the falcon and the | | | | most jewelry were made of cheaper materials, but all |
| human eye, representing the healing process. | | | | incrusted with Christian symbols such as crosses, |
| The art of jewelry-making started to flourish with the | | | | pigeons, a branch leaf, and the ancient Ankh sign. After |
| start of the Middle Kingdom, when pharaohs decided | | | | the arrival of Islam in Egypt, men were prohibited from |
| to express themselves better through gold objects. | | | | wearing jewelry, especially ones made of gold. |
| Egyptians started to master the technical methods of | | | | However, they were allowed to wear silver ones. Not |
| cutting semiprecious and precious stones with a sleek | | | | a lot of the ancient jewelries were recovered, since |
| accuracy. Because of the regular missions to Nubian | | | | the artifacts were brutally ravished by thieves and the |
| regions as well as Eastern Desert ones, Egyptians | | | | amount of gold from the ancient tombs was stolen. |
| became more and more sophisticated in stone | | | | Still, what remained are true works of art and they are |
| sculpturing, bringing from these regions not only gold, | | | | cherished at their real value, as should. |
| but silver, turquoise and agate as well. Pharaohs and | | | | |