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The social class defined the lifestyle of the ancient egyptian people.
The ornaments included heart scarabs lucky charms bracelets beaded necklaces and rings.
However all people from different social classes liked to wear jewelry.
This treasure is now housed in the egyptian museum in cairo and represents the.
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The jewelry was beautiful and colorful and was made out of copper and gold wire gemstones colored glass beads and colorfully painted clay beads.
Ancient egyptian jewelry is considered some of the most beautiful in the world.
Jewelry jewelry egyptian.
The ancient egyptians wore jewelry as much for protection from the evil eye as for ornamentation.
Every ancient egyptian owned jewelry regardless of gender or class.
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The ancient egyptians highly valued personal adornment and jewelry was worn by both men and women of all social classes.
Ancient egyptian jewelry facts earrings were new to royalty in king tut s time and probably were brought from western asia.
1539 1292 bce revealed the fabulous treasures that accompanied an egyptian sovereign both during his lifetime and after his death as well as the high degree of mastery attained by egyptian goldsmiths.
The sensational discovery of the tomb of the pharaoh tutankhamun 18th dynasty.
While others wore jewelry made from rocks bones.
The primary reason why the ancient egyptian people wore jewelry was just for the aesthetic function.
Lapis lazuli the most popular egyptian stone had to be imported.
Wide collars were popular as were rings earrings and bracelets worn at the wrist upper arm and around the ankle.
But the jewels of tutankhamun form only part of the body of jewelry ever found in ancient egypt.
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It was not indigenous to the area.
Why people wore jewelry.
Jewelry fashioned from gold and silver and inlaid with precious stones.
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For noble egyptians like queens and pharaohs the egyptian jewelry was made from precious metals minerals gems and coloured glass.