This statue covered in gold leaf and semiprecious stones may have been used in ancient Mesopotamian sunrise rituals.

The renowned jewelry house is seeking out and reacquiring watches, jewelry and iconic objects from its history. Over 3,500 ...

Take Bulgari, which has unleashed a new den of High Jewelry Serpenti, as it does annually. The snake motif, a house mascot since 1948, is unmistakably heritage, but there are clear signs that it has ...

What it tells us about the past: This amulet, shaped like a scarab beetle, was discovered in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman named Hatnefer. But the charm, which was intended to assist ...

Their young would then hatch from these balls of dung. The scarab’s name comes from the Egyptian word "hprr," which means “to come into being” or “to be created,” according to the ...

“He was just completely manic, hoarding stuff in the mines, searching for lapis lazuli because he liked the way it sounds,” Ólafsson told Variety. “He kept saying it: ‘Can I talk about ...

Lapis lazuli is a vividly blue rock, sometimes with streaks of gold, that has been known for millennia for its eye-popping colour and use as a semi-precious gemstone. It gets its colour from the ...

Dating from 2600-2300 B.C., a decorative bull's head of gold and lapis lazuli adorns a lyre discovered ... 1922 discovery of the tomb of the Egyptian king Tutankhamun, the decade would end with ...

The latest, Making Egypt, which rather pettily calls itself ‘the UK’s first child-centred museum exhibition around creativity in ancient Egypt’ in what can hardly ... malachite and lapis lazuli – ...

Examples of timeless Egyptian tattoo designs include the Scarab beetle, Anubis ... The design is rendered in stunning detail, from the intricate patterns of gold and lapis lazuli to the serene ...

A 12-year-old girl accidentally discovered an ancient 3,500-year-old Egyptian scarab on a hike in Israel recently. Dafna Filshteiner was hiking below the ancient site of Tel Qana in Hod Hasharon – ...