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Ancient egyptian jewelry box facts.
The ancient egyptians highly valued personal adornment and jewelry was worn by both men and women of all social classes.
Every ancient egyptian owned jewelry regardless of gender or class.
The sensational discovery of the tomb of the pharaoh tutankhamun 18th dynasty.
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However all people from different social classes liked to wear jewelry.
It was not indigenous to the area.
Wide collars were popular as were rings earrings and bracelets worn at the wrist upper arm and around the ankle.
Nowhere else has so much ancient egyptian jewelry been found together as in the famous tomb of this pharaoh.
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The ancient egyptians wore jewelry as much for protection from the evil eye as for ornamentation.
Statues of kings and gods were adorned with lavish jewels and the deceased.
Ancient egyptian jewelry is considered some of the most beautiful in the world.
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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.
But the jewels of tutankhamun form only part of the body of jewelry ever found in ancient egypt.
Why people wore jewelry.
Jewelry fashioned from gold and silver and inlaid with precious stones.
The social class defined the lifestyle of the ancient egyptian people.
While others wore jewelry made from rocks bones.
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Whoever thinks of the treasure of tutankhamun immediately thinks of gold and jewelry.
Lapis lazuli the most popular egyptian stone had to be imported.
The ornaments included heart scarabs lucky charms bracelets beaded necklaces and rings.
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Ancient egyptian jewelry facts earrings were new to royalty in king tut s time and probably were brought from western asia.