The Lahun and Dahshur Treasures

Egyptian Jewellry

Property of Queen Ahhotep.
Found at the tomb of Djer,
 the 3rd Dynasty pharaoh.

Eventhough ancient Egyptians lived some thousands of years ago, their rich still enjoyed relatively a great quality of life that some of our richest people today wouldn't come close to.
One of the manifestations of such luxurious life is jewellry. Ever since the Egyptians settled along the nile valley (maybe earlier, but we have no evidence), they started paying special attention to jewellry specially, and later, precious stones generally.

The beginning of the Egyptian jewellry
When exactly the Egyptian jewellry was first created is totally beyond out knowledge, however the evidence shows that they started way back around the so-called Badarian era. They used leaves and branches of trees to form out different kinds of jewellry and outfits, probably a bit later started developing by using stones and