Ancient jewelry is up for auction at Christie's on Feb. 4, where buyers can snag a piece of history for less than today's modern fine jewelry. Tamara Beckwith/NY Post Who needs jewelry fit for a queen ...
Gold ring of Sekhmet, donated by Laura Norcross Marrs to the Worcester Art Museum PHOTO COURTESY OF WORCESTER ART MUSEUM The exhibit Jewels of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Treasures at the Worcester Art ...
The magnificence of ancient Egypt comes to brilliant life through jewelry — the most precious and personal of human possessions — in “Jewels of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Treasures from the Worcester ...
The jewelry, inlaid with turquoise and lapis lazuli, belonged to Queen Hetepheres I. A bracelet (right) in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MFA 47.1700. The bracelet on the left is an electrotype ...
Gold Sandals and Toe Stalls, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 BCE, from Egypt, upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose ...
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 2,600-year-old pot full of gold jewelry, including a rare statuette that depicts a family of gods and may have been worn as an amulet. A team found the pot at ...
The world of ancient Egypt never really interested me while growing up. I was more interested in American history since that was where I lived, and it was much cheaper to travel to Topeka, Kansas than ...
Authorities have uncovered a tomb with eleven sealed burials and many items of jewelry. It is the first tomb of its kind to be found in the South Asasif necropolis region and dates back about 4,000 ...
Who needs jewelry fit for a queen when you can buy baubles meant for a pharaoh? Those seeking precious gemstones can skip a trip to Bvlgari, Cartier or Harry Winston this Valentine’s Day and pop into ...