Silver Jewelry-Themes Used in Egyptian Hand Crafted Jewelry

Jewelry designs found in jewelry storesflowing form similar to English script writing. Many
commonly used by artisans in Egypt forjewelry pieces allow for a combination of
handcrafted Silver Jewelry are based onlanguages. For example, double sided cartouche
languages, and cultural icons. The cultural iconscan have a name in English on one side and the
used are mostly from ancient sources and consistsame name in Hieroglyphics or Arabic on the
of important personages, religious objects andother side.
gods, and structures. Silver Bracelets, Rings,Images of ancient Royalty are a favorite theme
Cartouche, Key Chains, and Pendants are somefor hand crafted jewelry. For example, images of
of jewelry items that use Egyptian icons asKing Tut and Nefertiti are almost iconic as
themes.representing ancient royalty in Egypt and on silver
It is very popular amongst Egyptian Artisans tojewelry. Another favorite subject for crafting
create jewelry items that are personalized usingboth gold and silver jewelry items are images of
English, Arabic, or Egyptian Hieroglyphs. This maythe ancient Gods such as Isis and the Eye of
be due to the development and use of cartoucheHorus.
in their culture. Thus many Silver Jewelry themesOther images of the Egyptian culture used are
may consist solely of writing on the jewelryitems such as pyramids (frequently tombs of the
object. Hieroglyphs are the ancient Egyptianpharaohs), the ankh, musicians, and the scarab
picture language used primarily by the ancientbeetle (sacred and considered related to the sun,
Royalty and the priest class. To the ancient rulingas seen in the dung balls they rolled and were
classes, information was power and hieroglyphicsassociated with the sun god Ra). The Ankh is the
the secret code of their information storage.symbol of life, power, and wealth.
Arabic used on personalized jewelry is a beautiful