SAEDNEWS: Join us as we explore stunning images of Ancient Egypt's priceless jewelry.
According to Saed News History Service, join us as we explore remarkable images of jewelry from ancient Egypt.
Shoshenq II Bracelets
This pair of bracelets is believed to have protected King Shoshenq II by divine power, guiding him eternally.
Date: circa 890 BCE | Ancient Egypt – Tanis
Materials: Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian, and white stone
Location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo (JE 72184B), Position 42A
Ancient Egyptian Jewelry
Pendant of Amenophis III
Date: 1403–1365 BCE | Excavated from Tutankhamun’s tomb
This collar once adorned Tutankhamun’s mummy. Nehebet, the vulture goddess associated with Upper Egypt, was among the protective deities of the pharaoh.
Materials: Gold, colored glass, and obsidian, featuring over 250 inlaid sections, each claw holding a gem symbolizing completeness
Location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Chest Jewelry from Tutankhamun’s Treasure
Date: circa 1325 BCE | Ancient Egypt
This chest piece depicts Horus, the falcon-headed god, crowned with the solar disk (Aten) and an Ankh—the symbol of life—attached to each claw. Horus, once a major sky and sun deity, later merged with Horus, the son of Isis and Osiris.
Origin: Tutankhamun’s tomb (reign 1333–1323 BCE)
Miniature Broad Collar
This miniature collar shows Egyptian pharaohs offering broad collars and other jewelry to the gods.
Date: Early Ptolemaic period, 332–246 BCE | Eastern Nile Delta, Egypt
Materials: Gold, carnelian, turquoise, lapis lazuli
Psusennes I Necklace
Materials: Gold
Origin: Tanis, Egypt | Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty
Location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Historical Jewelry Featuring Isis, Osiris, and Nephthys
Date: New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty | Ancient Egypt
Materials: Gold and lapis lazuli
Origin: Tutankhamun’s tomb
Location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Leather, Gold, and Pottery Sandals
Excavated from Tutankhamun’s tomb, these sandals are currently housed in the GEM conservation and restoration lab in Cairo.
Scrab Bracelet from Tutankhamun’s Tomb
Date: 14th century BCE | 18th Dynasty, Ancient Egypt (reign 1333–1323 BCE)
Discovered in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter, Tutankhamun’s tomb was found largely intact among royal Egyptian tombs.
Location: National Museum of Egypt, Cairo
Psusennes I Necklace (again)
Date: Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty
Materials: Gold
Origin: Pharaoh’s tomb, Tanis
Location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Pharaonic Jewelry on Display
Ancient Egyptian jewelry is now showcased at the New National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Fustat, Old Cairo. Its official reopening came one day after the Golden Pharaohs’ Parade on April 4, 2021.
