ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS

RESTRUNG AS WEARABLE JEWELLERY

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The ANCIENT AMULETS and beads for sale here, are GUARANTEED to be genuine. They have been purchased from experienced antiquities dealers, archaeologists, and reputable auction houses. Relevant certificates of authenticity will accompany each item.

ALL PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE AND INSURANCE. Jewellery will be carefully packed, and will usually be shipped within 24 hours of receipt of payment. PLEASE be aware that ancient beads and amulets can be fragile, and should always be handled with care. TH-ANKH-YOU for your interest.

SCARABS

NECKLACE WITH RESTRUNG ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SCARAB c 200 BC.

This Late period ancient Egyptian faience scarab has lost most of it's original glaze, but the original hieroglyphs are still visible on the reverse. It has been restrung on stainless steel wire with 5,000 year old Steatite beads from Syria, and modern red Jasper, and Unakite beads. The fittings are solid sterling silver. The necklace measures approx. 42 cms. (16 1/2 inches) in length. The ancient scarab amulet is approx. 1.3 cms (1/2 inch) long.

PRICE $150 AUSTRALIAN.

ABOUT SCARABS

Symbolically, scarabs were very important to the ancient Egyptians. Jars of real scarabs were buried with pharaohs from as early as the first dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

Scarabs were produced more prolifically than any other amulets, and were often decorated with hieroglyphs, and used as seals. They were inscribed with names, mottos, prayers and magic formulae, and were regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians.

The scarab was associated with the different manifestations of the sun god Ra, because of the way that scarab beetles rolled dung into perfect balls around their eggs. The ancient Egyptians saw this as a parallel to the movement of the sun across the sky, and the emergence of the scarab young from the ball was seen as symbolic of the creative powers of the Sun.

Khepere was the ancient Egyptian scarab headed god of the rising sun, a manifestaation of the sun god Ra, and was represented by the scarab beetle. The ancient Egyptian name for scarab beetle was Kheperer (hprr), which translates as coming into being, and rising from.

The scarab was a powerful symbol of regeneration and transformation for the ancient Egyptians, and was often used as a good luck talisman, which was believed to attract abundance and enhance fertility. Scarab amulets were precious objects to the ancient Egyptians, and were made into beads and incorporated into jewellery from as early as Predynastic times in ancient Egypt. They symbolise creation, rebirth and renewal, and are talismans of good luck. The scarab is still a popular amulet in modern times.

Exercise your brain with an Egyptian inspired, lateral thinking puzzle from Lloyd King, writer of 'Amazing "Aha!" Puzzles':

EGYPTIAN BELLY DANCE.

Move one match to turn these two adjacent pyramids into a kind of ship facing to the right that has been used in Egypt for thousands of years.