Egyptian Earrings and more

Egyptian earrings galore and and necklace to boot. Today's been a busy day but I thought I would let you have a sneek preview of what I have been working on. I haven't added any of the items below to my website yet but if you are interested in any of the items below then drop me a line at egyptianinspirations@hotmail.co.uk
Off to take some pictures now so they can go on the website this evening hopefully.

Ancient Egyptian Jewellery

Today I thought it would be interesting to read a little about Ancient Egyptian Jewellery and would like to share with you the article below written by David Laurent Guffroy.

Ancient Egyptian Jewelry Design


Egyptian Jewelry is one of the most beautiful examples of ancient jewelry. Excavations have revealed treasures containing beautiful examples of ancient Egyptian jewelry, with intricate designs and a sense for style, as early as 3500-5000 years ago. Not only is ancient Egyptian jewelry beautiful in design, but also uses gorgeous coloring and precious materials. Precious gemstones and gold metal were common in these designs, gold was their metal of choice.

Many jewelry designs depicted images of birds, scarabs, or beetles, which have a deep religious symbolism for Egyptians. Gemstones were carved with beetles images. Beetles symbolized rebirth. The eye is another symbol represented in Egyptian ancient jewelry. Males and females wore jewelry. It had social status significance - wealth - but also a protection meaning, as jewelry was also worn to be protected from evil. A beauty and adornment approach was also related to wearing jewelry in ancient Egypt, but the main reason was religious and for protection. Wealthy Egyptians and Pharaohs were entombed with their jewelry. It was worn in death as well. It was supposed to serve them in the afterlife, as it was believed.

Much of these treasures have been lost due to thieves who robbed the tombs of wealthy Egyptians and of pharaohs. One of the remaining treasures that were untouched was found in the tomb of Tutankhamen. It offers a live example of wealth on those days. Egyptians also used color in the jewelry design to give different meanings to their creations. Green was a symbol of fertility. Many gemstones were brought from other lands, although most of it was from Egypt.

Egyptians also used polychrome glass to work on their designs when it was too difficult to work with gemstones. Gemstones found in Egyptian ancient jewelry include carnelian, malachite, jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise, and quartz. The color blue represented by the lapis lazuli meant royalty. Lapis lazuli was brought from Afghanistan. There were many jewelry pieces such as bracelets, earrings, pendants, elaborated headpieces, brooches, clasps, and many other carefully designed pieces. Chest pieces were called pectorals; they were of intricate design and meant to accompany the death to another life. The designs represented their gods.

Other designs include the ankh symbol, also known as the Egyptian key of life, or Egyptian cross, which looks like a cross with a loop on top. It symbolizes life, and was a common symbol. Turquoise was very popular and it signified life and joy as well. Jasper was also commonly used and symbolized the red of Isis, one of their deities, and symbolized fire. Turquoise, unlike Jasper, was easy to work with for their carvings. Malachite necklaces were worn to protect the wearer from epidemics. Carnelian symbolized the blood of life. Other gemstones included amazonite, emerald, and amethyst. The metal by choice was gold and it represented the skin of gods.

David Laurent Guffroy is an e-commerce and domaining expert. He is currently the founder and managing director of body piercings, an online piercing and jewelry store.

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Egyptian Necklaces part two.

I have been working on yet more Egyptian necklaces this week and if I do say so myself I am really chuffed with these three. I can't make my mind up which is my favourite so I will leave it for you to decide which is yours?

Number 1. Egyptian Scarab Bracelet

Number 2 Egyptian Isis Necklace

Number 3 Egyptian Mystic Necklace.

So which is your favourite?

All these Necklaces and more can be purchased from my website below.

Egyptian Inspirations Necklaces

Egyptian Necklaces

I have been working on these two Egyptian Necklaces this week. Both are completley different in style. Egyptian necklaces come in lots of different designs almost as many as I have in my own head.

Firstly is this wonderful deep blue lapis and Czech seed bead necklace which is of the same design as the recent lapis bracelet I recently featured on an earlier post. This is apoximately 16 inches long and sits quite high on the neck almost as a choker would.

My second Egyptian necklace is more of a Egyptian vintage style. Its created with antique brass chain and golden crystals and gold plated seed beads. This also is appoximately 16 inches long and sits quite high on the neck.

I would really appreciate your comments on these two necklaces as to which design you prefer.

I am working on some more Egyptian necklaces at the moment so I will be posting about those too in the next few days.

All my necklaces can be seen on the following page of my website.

Egyptian Necklaces

The Bracelet of Anubis

Who hasn't heard of "The Bracelet of Anubis"? If you haven't then you haven't watched the films The Mummy and The Mummy Returns.

The bracelet of Anubis was worn by the Scorpion King and later to be used to summon the army of Anubis. Later Alex the son of Evie and Rick O'Connell wore the bracelet for most of the film.

"From the minute I put the bracelet on, seven days do I have before the Scorpion King wakes up.
Did you also hear that if you do not enter the pyramid before the sun strikes it on that very morning, that the bracelet will suck the life out of you?"
Imhotep to Alex O'Connell about the bracelet.

This bracelet and many many more of the scenes in this film gave me the inspiration to create my own Egyptian jewellery.

Many ask is this bracelet real? Sadly the answer to that as far as I know is no. However............. it may have not been real in Ancient Egyptian times but it is real today. Sorry I can not take credit for such a creation as this, but a beautiful replica has been created by Toni Stelter.

Here are pictures of her work. The pictures speak for themselves and show the huge amount of talent it must have taken to create this masterpiece. I indeed would be very proud of myself should I have been its creator.

"This bracelet is 6.25" front to back, 9.5" across while in the open position as pictured above."

The attention to detail is outstanding.

Please take time to visit this artisans website to view more of thier work. You won't be dissapointed.

Stelter Creative


Pictures above are used with permission from Stelter Creative.