When it was made: Around 1473 B.C. This amulet, shaped like a scarab beetle, was discovered in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian ... plaited gold chain. This exquisite necklace was excavated in ...

around the third millennium B.C., the Egyptian hieroglyph for the word “gold” itself took the form of a necklace that was bold, broad and suited for a pharaoh. Designers at the Parisian haute ...

were in for a dazzling surprise when they turned up a clutch of gold jewelry and ornaments. The mission was undertaken by the French-Egyptian Centre for the Study of the Temples of Karnak ...