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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 ...
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.
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.
Jewellery. Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example.
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.
Hedjet. The hedjet, also known as hdt, is the crown worn by the king of Upper (Southern) Egypt. It resembles a bowling pin and is also called the “White One.”. In addition, this crown is one half of the double crown, the pschent. No crowns are known to have been found in any archeological digs.
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 ]
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]