So the next time you buy some jewelry, think about the history behind it.
How Jewelry in Ancient Egypt Was Made
This is how ancient Egyptians would make their jewelry. First of all, the ancient Egyptians would arrange their supplies according to how they would want their final finishing jewelry piece to look. After finishing that process, the Egyptians would string their ‘materials’ onto an environmentally made string. That string was usually made of thread, flax, or cow hair. After that, you would heat up the metal right until it’s at its melting, and bubbling hot. Now you would pour that liquid substance into molds of your jewelry design. The people who mastered the art of making jewelry were known as ‘experts’ in ancient Egypt. That’s how you Egyptians would make their jewelry. FUN FACT- Egyptians ‘wore’ more of their jewelry during death rather than during life.
Modern Day Use/or Difference of Jewelry
These are the modern day uses/differences of jewelry from ancient Egypt. First of all, nowadays we’ll wear fancy gold and silver jewelry for the glam, and fashion purposes, but ancient Egyptians would wear jewelry as a protection form evil, and to honour some of their gods. In addition, ancient Egyptians would use odd materials like, plants, bones, shells, beads, stones, and fur/feathers. Nowadays the most popular ‘gems’ used are usually cheap silver or diamonds. Furthermore, both men and women would wear the same, and equal amount of jewelry. Today, girls mostly wear the jewelry but some boys will have a baseball necklace, or something like that. Lastly, the design in ancient Egypt mattered a lot to them. If the design didn’t follow strict religious rules when be made, the piece of jewelry would loose all religious value and purpose. In the current days we can design our jewelry however we want, as long as it looks pretty and presentable. Those are the modern day differences of jewelry in ancient Egypt.
Ancient Purpose of Jewelry
In ancient Egypt they wore jewelry mainly for these few reasons. Firstly Egyptians thought wearing jewelry made them look appealing to everyone else. They always had to be ‘eye-catching’. Secondly, men and women wore jewelry because they liked to show off their valuables and wealth status threw their jewelry. Whatever people had jewelry were usually richer and therefore respected more. Thirdly, Egyptians thought wearing jewelry would affect them in the afterlife to make it to the field of reeds. Egyptians would wear jewelry for religious and magical purposes. (Amulets were a good luck charm!)
History of Jewelry in Ancient Egypt
Here are a few facts about jewelry in ancient Egypt. First of all, the most common materials used for jewelry were gold and stained glass. Only the rich could afford the gold, so the poor people would buy stained glass and claim it was gold. In addition, scientist have found traces of jewelry making in ancient Egypt, proving that jewelry has been made since the 4th millennia B.C. Furthermore, it's been over 100,00 years since the first design of jewelry was made. Jewelry finally took its toll whe gold was found along the banks of the nile around 5,000 years ago.
Fun Facts About Jewelry
Here are some fun favts that you may not have known abput jewelry. First of all, gold was very important because it was believed to represent the god of fire, and sun. In addition, gems were hard to work with somost jewelry makers used coloured glass. Egyptians liked wear jewelry because it meant they got to show off their wealth and usually higher status. Did you know that if your design of jewelry didn't follow strct religeous rules it lost all of its value, and purpose. Lastly, did you know that Egyptian death masks were studded with fancy and expensive jewels and gems. Those are some fun facts about jewelry.