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BUILD YOUR OWN CUSTOM EGYPTIAN JEWELRY NECKLACES
Mix and match these delightful Ankh pendants with any of these
sterling silver necklace chains and create your own unique necklace.
You get four choices of lengths: 16", 18", 20" and 24".
Egyptian Symbolism
as portrayed by our sterling
silver Egyptian jewelry.
Cartouche: In
Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an oblong enclosure with a horizontal
line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name, coming
into use during the beginning of the fourth dynasty.
Scarab: A dung
beatle especially the Scarabaeus sacer worshipped by the
ancient Egyptians as an embodiment of the god
Khepri
(an amulet made by that people in the shape of the species is also called a
scarab).
Eyes of Hor or Horus:
Seth, whom the Greeks
called Typhon, the nefarious demon of death and evil in Egyptian mythology,
is characterized as "a strong god (a-pahuti), whose anger is to be feared."
The inscriptions call him "the powerful one of Thebes," and "Ruler of the
South."
Pyramid:
The most famous pyramids
are the Egyptian pyramids: Huge structures built of brick or stone, some of
which are among the largest man-made constructions. The Great Pyramid of
Giza is the largest in Egypt and one of the largest in the world.
Pharaoh:
Pharaoh
is the title given in modern times to the ancient Egyptian kings of all
periods. In antiquity it began to be used for the king, who was the
religious and political leader of ancient Egypt.
ISIS:
Isis is a goddess in Ancient
Egyptian mythology and is celebrated as the ideal mother and wife, patron of
nature and magic; friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, the downtrodden, as
well as listening to the prayers of the wealthy, the maiden, the aristocrat
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