Ancient Egyptian Jewelry
700,00 EGP
ISBN:9789774169656
The artistry and splendor of ancient Egyptian jewelry in fifty masterpieces
Jewelry was worn by ancient Egyptians at every level of society and, like their modern descendants, they prized it for its aesthetic value, as a way to adorn and beautify the body. It was also a conspicuous signifier of wealth, status, and power. But jewelry in ancient Egypt served another fundamental purpose: its wearers saw it as a means to absorb positive magical and divine powers—to protect the living, and the dead, from the malignant forces of the unseen. The types of metals or stones used by craftsmen were magically important, as were the colors of the materials, and the exact positioning of all the elements in a design.
| Number of Pages | 116 |
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| Publication date | 2019 |
| Publisher | AUC |
| Author | Nigel Fletcher-Jones |
| ISBN | 9789774169656 |
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