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The Usekh or Wesekh is a personal ornament, a type of broad collar or necklace, familiar to many because of its presence in images of the ancient Egyptian elite. Deities, women, and men were depicted wearing this jewelry. One example can be seen on the famous gold mask of Tutankhamun. The ancient word wsแบ can mean "breadth" or "width" in the ...
The pectorals of ancient Egypt were a form of jewelry, often in the form of a brooch. They are often also amulets, and may be so described. They were mostly worn by richer people and the pharaoh. One type is attached with a nah necklace, suspended from the neck and lying on the breast. Statuary from the Old Kingdom onwards shows this form.
Scarabs are identified as the dung beetle Scarabaeus sacer, pictured here rolling a ball of dung. In ancient Egypt, the Scarab Beetle was a highly significant symbolic representation of the divine manifestation of the morning sun. The Egyptian god Khepri was believed to roll the sun across the sky each day at daybreak.
Regalia of the Pharaoh. Pharaoh Amenhotep III and his regalia, the headdress, the pschent, the false beard and the uraeus. The Regalia of the Pharaoh or Pharaoh's attributes are the symbolic objects of royalty in ancient Egypt (crowns, headdresses, scepters). In use between 3150 and 30 BC, these attributes were specific to pharaohs, but also to ...
Menat. The Malqata Menat, late Eighteenth Dynasty. An elaborate menat necklace depicted in a relief at the Temple of Hathor at Dendera. In ancient Egyptian religion, a menat (Ancient Egyptian: mnj.t (๐ ๐๐๐๐ง), Arabic: ู ูุงุช) was a necklace closely associated with the goddess Hathor. [1][2]
The Egyptian civilization used a number of different crowns throughout its existence. Some were used to show authority, while others were used for religious ceremonies. Each crown was worn by different pharaohs or deities, and each crown had its own significance and symbolic meaning. In early Egypt, one significant and important characteristic ...
Egyptian finger and toe stalls are pieces of gold jewelry used in Ancient Egypt to protect digits during burial. Such stalls were used during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt , as well as other eras, and were thought to protect the deceased from both magical and physical dangers, such as damage which could occur during the mummification process. [ 1 ]
In one hand, the sun god holds a was scepter and in the other an ankh. [ 1 ] Khepri (Egyptian: แธซprj, also transliterated Khepera, Kheper, Khepra, Chepri) is a scarab-faced god in ancient Egyptian religion who represents the rising or morning sun. By extension, he can also represent creation and the renewal of life.