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As early as the Old Kingdom (c. 2670–2195 B.C.), Egyptian artisans fashioned images of deities, kings, and mortals wearing broad collars made of molded tubular and teardrop beads. [1] 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.
Egyptian Gallery. Amulet of Egypt, Ancient, Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur. An amulet, also known as a good luck charm, is an object believed to confer protection upon its possessor. The "Amulets of Ancient Egypt" fall in approximately seven major categories: Amulets of gods/goddesses and sacred animals; Amulets of protection (or aversion)
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 (𓏠𓈖𓇋𓏏𓋧) , Arabic : منات ) was a necklace closely associated with the goddess Hathor .
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.
Egyptian faience is a sintered-quartz ceramic material from Ancient Egypt. The sintering process "covered [the material] with a true vitreous coating" as the quartz underwent vitrification , creating a bright lustre of various colours "usually in a transparent blue or green isotropic glass".
Egyptian men often wear a galabiya, and may wear a taqiya, sometimes with a turban. A sidari may be worn under the galabiya. [25] Egyptian men do not typically wear jewelry in the modern day, though they may wear prayer beads. The modern galabiya has a low scooped neckline with a slit in the bottom. Sometimes this slit has buttons to close it.
Archaeologists recently uncovered intriguing artifacts in an excavation in Egypt, including golden "tongues" and "nails," according to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
Ancient Sumerians created necklaces and beads from gold, silver, lapis lazuli and carnelian. [6] In Ancient Egypt, a number of different necklace types were worn. Upper-class Ancient Egyptians wore collars of organic or semi-precious and precious materials for religious, celebratory, and funerary purposes. [7]