Ancient Egyptians held the color blue in high regard, particularly the semi-precious stone turquoise, valued for its rarity and bright blue radiance. Because turquoise was hard to mine, the Egyptians developed a process to produce...
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Ancient Egyptians held the color blue in high regard, particularly the semi-precious stone turquoise, valued for its rarity and bright blue radiance. Because turquoise was hard to mine, the Egyptians developed a process to produce an imitation stone in large quantities. This material is known as faience, which means brilliant, and was often blue or green, and shiny. Among the Museums collection of royal jewelry is a necklace of blue faience disk-shaped beads. This is a faience version of the gold of honor, a type of necklace given by the king to courtiers and officials for merit. The Egyptian Turquoise Disk Necklace is adapted from this original necklace.
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