Egyptian Jewelry
Egyptians are masters of ornamenting metals by engraving, soldering and fashioning them into beautiful masterpieces � Egyptian jewelry. The history of Egyptian runs back to the 4th millennia BC, this was the Pharaonic era and much attention was given to their costumes. Ancient Egyptian gem carvings were popularly known as �glyptic art� that played a vital role when it comes to showing-off power, glory and possessions. However, they had preferred polychrome glass rather than gems even though they had precious stones in abundance. Egyptian focuses on color the most. It takes a creative eye to put all the glamorous colors together in order to produce a good piece of Egyptian jewelry. Red symbolizes life, hence power; green is said to symbolize fertility and blue is the color of joy. In ancient times Egyptian was used as religious symbols for sacrifices, special ceremonies and in mummification. It was an interesting part of their lives and today, Egyptian is a mark of style, class and sophistication. Types of Egyptian vary from vintage dangle bead necklaces, coral pins and chunky glass bracelets to ankh cross rings, gothic pewter pendants and silver thumb pharaoh rings. Even though usage of precious stones was not

popular during the early days, today more jewels are embedded into Egyptian that sell for large sums of money. A half an inch thick silver pharaoh ring would cost about $10 and a vintage glass bead necklace can cost up to $130 or more. Early craftsmen used lots of gold in their works, but today, with the prices of precious metals rising, jewelers look for cheaper alternatives such as copper, brass and so on. Amethysts, garnets, opals, topazes and quartz are some of the stones commonly used in Egyptian jewelry. Bracelets, armlets and head-ornaments play essential role in the Egyptian look. There are a variety of thick and thin arm bands- plain or embedded with jewels, grand or simple, fancy or plain. The head ornaments from hair clips to head bands are amazingly attractive. They add grace and poise to a female when combined with a Cleopatra- type silk white dress. More over, large thick glamorous rings represents real Egyptian royalty. They are often carved with a face of a pharaoh � adored Ramses III commonly � and the band is styled with Egyptian lettering, pictures of crowns, animals and ancient symbols. Some consider Egyptian as signs of luck and others where it to show class � the richer you are more extravagant the you put on.