Bringing together four millennia of jeweled adornments, the exhibition represents a collaboration between six curators who jointly agree that jewelry is “the world’s oldest art form, predating cave painting by tens of thousands of years.”

In recent years, bib and collar necklaces have become increasingly popular. They range in style from highly detailed woven seed bead creations to the trendy bubble-style necklace. These necklaces…

Faience, carnelian, turquoise and gold Egyptian broad collar necklace with falcon head terminals made around 1859 B.C. from ‘Jewelry: The Body Transformed’

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The ancient Egyptians worshiped the beetle as the earthly manifestation of the Sun at its birth and called it Khepri. It symbolized “coming into existence”. It is also associated with a long life and in this sense; it is linked to the deceased, to his capacity for regeneration. What is the meaning of the scarab …

Jewelry designers have had a long-standing case of Egyptomania. Now, a rare opportunity to see some of the best examples of it up-close.