Egyptian Jewelry: A Window into Ancient Culture - ARCE Ancient Egypt is often described as a relatively stratified society. However, one element available to every Egyptian – from the…

𝙸𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙴𝚐𝚢𝚙𝚝, 𝚓𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎. 𝙶𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚚𝚞𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚓𝚘𝚢, 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗’𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢.
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#𝙰𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝙰𝚛𝚝 #𝙹𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚛𝚢𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢

Egyptian Jewelry: A Window into Ancient Culture - ARCE Ancient Egypt is often described as a relatively stratified society. However, one element available to every Egyptian – from the…

𝙸𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙴𝚐𝚢𝚙𝚝, 𝚓𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎. 𝙶𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚚𝚞𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚓𝚘𝚢, 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗’𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢.
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#𝙰𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝙰𝚛𝚝 #𝙹𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚛𝚢𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢

Ancient jewellery: Palestine What is the history of Palestinian jewellery? These silver hoards, glass beads and gold jewellery finds tell you more!

Palestinian jewelry tells stories the history books can’t. The weight of coins on a bride’s headdress, Hebron’s old glass bracelets still shimmering. Each piece is a fragment of memory, enduring through millennia.
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#Palestine #Jewelry #Heritage

What a wonderful project, congratulations! I’m especially curious if trade beads and their journeys might make an appearance in your work.

The Bluest Stone (Published 2022)

Born where volcano meets sea, larimar is the Dominican Republic’s hidden jewel... a rare blue stone found nowhere else in the world. Its soft waves of turquoise and white feel like wearing a piece of Caribbean sky. 💎
www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/f...

#Gemstones #DominicanRepublic #JewelryDesign

Extraordinary! These insects are set in gold like emeralds. Nature never stops giving us strange and exquisite materials to work with...if we’re willing to see them.
#JewelryHistory #NaturalWonders #WeevilGlam

The Bluest Stone (Published 2022)

Born where volcano meets sea, larimar is the Dominican Republic’s hidden jewel... a rare blue stone found nowhere else in the world. Its soft waves of turquoise and white feel like wearing a piece of Caribbean sky. 💎
www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/f...

#Gemstones #DominicanRepublic #JewelryDesign

Extraordinary! These insects are set in gold like emeralds. Nature never stops giving us strange and exquisite materials to work with...if we’re willing to see them.
#JewelryHistory #NaturalWonders #WeevilGlam

An eight-pointed floral shaped gold box inlaid with a phoenix and Taoist symbols in turquoise.

This beautiful box dates from 18th century China. It resembles a six-petaled flower, and features a phoenix and eight symbols of Taoist immortals inlaid with turquoise.

Two ancient sculpted stone eyes with lapis lazuli for pupils float above a mesopotamian landscape of water and palm trees.

The deep blue of lapis has carried meaning for millennia. In They Stole Our Eyes, my friend Hala Al-Salman reclaims that ancient gaze. It reminds me why I’m drawn to old stones... for the stories they’ve witnessed.
halaalsalman.com/theystoleoureyes
#LapisLazuli #AncientStones #ArtAndSymbolism

Basra pearls: The history, significance and what makes it unique From why Basra pearls are considered priceless to how a modern bride can embed them in her bridal trinket box, Hyderabad-based jeweller Samarth Bajaj shares an all-inclusive guide to this extremely pr...

How the mythical Basra pearls shimmered their way through royal courts. #Pearls #Jewelry www.vogue.in/fashion/cont...

Basra pearls: The history, significance and what makes it unique From why Basra pearls are considered priceless to how a modern bride can embed them in her bridal trinket box, Hyderabad-based jeweller Samarth Bajaj shares an all-inclusive guide to this extremely pr...

How the mythical Basra pearls shimmered their way through royal courts. #Pearls #Jewelry www.vogue.in/fashion/cont...

A photograph of a pair of Roman earrings made of gold and glass suspended from a grey display stand against a grey background. Part of the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago. Each earring is made of a hollow spherical ball of gold, surmounted by an inset circle of deep-blue glass, which mimics the semi-precious blue stone lapis lazuli. Earring height 4.5cm. Gold ball diameter 2 cm. Gold ball jewellery was popular amongst the Roman elite during the 1st century AD. Over ninety examples of gold ball and disc type jewellery have been excavated from the area of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A pair of 2,000 year-old Roman earrings. Gold and glass.

A simple yet stylish design with timeless appeal!

#Archaeology

Two ancient sculpted stone eyes with lapis lazuli for pupils float above a mesopotamian landscape of water and palm trees.

The deep blue of lapis has carried meaning for millennia. In They Stole Our Eyes, my friend Hala Al-Salman reclaims that ancient gaze. It reminds me why I’m drawn to old stones... for the stories they’ve witnessed.
halaalsalman.com/theystoleoureyes
#LapisLazuli #AncientStones #ArtAndSymbolism

Ancient blue Roman intaglio, engraved with the figure of a nude male in motion, shown in profile. The figure holds a round object in one hand and appears to be stepping forward. The surface is weathered and encrusted with earth, but the engraving remains discernible. The stone has a rich blue hue with lighter and darker streaks, set against a plain white background.

Tiny but powerful, this Roman intaglio is carved from lapis lazuli—a stone already prized for millennia by the time it was buried in Britain. The figure engraved on its face is Harpocrates, god of silence and secrecy, often associated with protection and mystery in Roman-Egyptian religion.