Ancient Egyptian Jewellery Wilkinson Alix
Ancient Egyptian Jewellery Wilkinson Alix First published in 1971, this book was the first major survey ever made in this field. But this book draws also on other branches of Egyptian art, since…
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Ancient Egyptian Jewellery Wilkinson Alix
First published in 1971, this book was the first major survey ever made in this field. But this book draws also on other branches of Egyptian art, since paintings and sculpture sometimes provide evidence showing how the jewellery was made and worn. It includes all the main museum collections in the world, and enables comparative study of almost all the known jewellery from predynastic times to the end of the XXVIth Dynasty (525 B.C.) to be made.The jewellery of the ancient Egyptian civilization was of a delicacy and magnificence seldom rivalled; much has been learned by comparing the jewels themselves, and the techniques and materials of those who made them.
Each section opens with a brief history of the period reviewed, and an account of the manner in which the individual jewels were discovered both of which help those readers unfamiliar with Egyptological matters. The key