Ancient Egyptian flint jewelry explained

Flint jewelry was known in the prehistoric, protodynastic, and early dynastic periods of ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptians skillfully made bracelets[1] [2] and armlets[3] [4] out of flint.

The flint came from locations that include Giza and Upper Egypt.[5] The exact technique used to form rings is not known, but there are several theories based on the examples that have been found in graves and workshops.

Flint bracelets can be found in collections such as those in the Cairo Museum of Egyptian Antiquities,[6] the Fitzwilliam Museum,[7] the Pitt Rivers Museum,[8] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[9] and the Brooklyn Museum.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Graves-Brown . Carolyn . AB29 Flint bracelet . . . 11 June 2012 . 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120319003938/http://www.egypt.swansea.ac.uk/index.php/collection/297-ab29 . 19 March 2012 .
  2. Book: Capart, Jean. Primitive Art in Egypt. Jean Capart. 49–51. 9781451000009. 2010. Forgotten Books.
  3. Book: Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt. Flinders Petrie. 81. 2003. Kessinger . 9780766128347.
  4. Antiquity. 44. 174. 131–148. Notes and News: The Burnt House at Siitagroi During the summer of 1968 and 1969. June 1970. 0003-598X. 1481624.
  5. Alfred F. . Pawlik . The Lithic industry of the Pharaonic site Kom al-Ahmar in Middle Egypt and its relationship to the flint mines of the Wadi al-Sheikh . 11 June 2012 . 240–206 . Stone Age – Mining Age. Proceedings of the VIII International Flint Symposium . 13–17 September 1999 . Gerd . Weisgerber . Gerd Weisgerber . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070611054659/http://homepages.uni-tuebingen.de/alfred.pawlik/Kom-al-Ahmar.pdf . 11 June 2007 .
  6. Web site: Short Guide to the Chief Exhibits of the Cairo Museum of Antiquities (Electronic Edition). 11 June 2012. December 2006. Ernest S.. Thomas. Rice University.
  7. Web site: Flint bracelet . . . 11 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116073102/http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/index.php?oid=57625 . 16 January 2014 .
  8. Web site: Rethinking Pitt-Rivers. Beth. Asbury. 11 June 2012. Pitt Rivers Museum. University of Oxford.
  9. Web site: Flint bracelet. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11 June 2012.
  10. Web site: Flint bracelet. Brooklyn Museum. 11 June 2012.

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